Poitier in “A Patch of Blue”. Courtesy photo Joshua Burley is a junior mass communication major from Corinth, Texas. Sidney Poitier was a famous Bahamian American actor and director from the 1950s to the 2000s. He was born the youngest out of seven children prematurely on Feb. 20, 1927 in […]

DeRogers used a baby photo of himself for his first EP cover. Courtesy photo Nicholas DeRogers is no ordinary student.    Born and raised in New Roads, La., Nick had a busy childhood. Between sports and a large family, he always had something to keep him busy. When he was […]

All my life I have valued relationships, especially my friendships. I was always outside or at a friend’s house when I was younger. If I wasn’t out with friends then I was at home asking if they could come over. I mean, there was just something about having another person […]

What’s the first thing you do when meeting a new roommate?    You know the usual awkward first few days of getting to know the person your living with, well that was not the case for Khailla Onojeta, a junior majoring in business management here at Grambling State University.    […]

Averi-Alexya Beck is a junior mass communication major from Shreveport, La. Of the 325 million people living in the US, only one percent are brave enough to serve in the military. Though that number seems inconceivably low, it is an accurate statistic. So what does that mean for me? It […]

Majesty Williams is a sophomore visual and performing arts major from Houston, Texas.  As we all gathered to celebrate the history of one of our most influential civil rights activist, I am posed with the controversial question: “If Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was alive, what would he be like […]

Raven LeDay is a  graduate public administration student from Dallas, Texas. “Leaders inspire accountability through their ability to accept responsibility.”    That’s the overall theme chosen for The Gramblinite because I know that you are all games, parties, TigerFest, parties, clothes and parties. (Did I mention parties). And that’s so […]

Cartoon illustrated by Deshantey Coleman.   Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by this time 50 years ago, became unrecognizable, just as the Bible explains how Jesus’s disciples did not recognize him. There are many different accounts of one’s life by the people that are closest to them and each […]