Category: Features

(NOTE: The Gramblinite conducted several interviews with the daughters of Charles P. Adams over the years prior to their deaths. This article contains information from some of those interviews.)   Say the name Charles P. Adams in Grambling and everyone knows who he is. Those old enough can probably name his children, particularly the two […]

Condoleezza “Condi” Rice was born on November 14, 1954, and is the only child of Angelena and John Rice Jr. Throughout her childhood she participated in several different activities like piano, figure skating, music classes, and she even learned how to speak French fluently.  Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Her family moved to Denver, […]

“Always be me. Why change?” is the reason rapper Derrick Johnson decided not to go a different route when it comes to choosing his stage name. Johnson, who goes by Lil Derrick or Lil Derrick The Great as his rap name, is a senior mass communication major with four different companies and five different mobile […]

Madame C.J. Walker          (Then) Madame C.J. Walker  Madame C. J. Walker was a civil rights activist, philanthropist, entrepreneur and feminist. She was born as Sarah Breedlove on Dec. 23, 1867.    Walker had a hard life growing up and was forced to move around and work hard as an extremely poor […]

Big Afros and Marley Hair were on display at The Natural Sistas Club 4th Annual Natural Hair Show in the Black and Gold Room on March 3.  “The Freak Show” showcased not only models but fire dancers, Orchesis dancers, a magic show and musical artists.    This event not only got to show models and […]

For Black History Month, the Grambling State University Department of Visual and Performing Arts presented The Mountaintop, directed by Karl V. Norman.     'The Mountaintop' is final play for the spring season. This play was full of thoughts that moved Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on that catastrophic last day of his life, in […]

Rihanna has definitely risen to the top of the charts once again with her latest album. The entire album is a mixture of the pop music she is famous for but also the Bad Gal RiRi she has come to be known as.    Getty Images/Christopher Polk  Rihanna with Anti album artist Roy Nachum. The […]

Black History Month is a time to honor and celebrate those before us who paid the way to make a better world for African Americans. However, I feel that it is not as recognized as it should be.  Edmondson Being that it is the only month that acknowledges Black history, and it is the shortest […]

Black History Month is a time where we are supposed to remember the ones who paved the way for us to get where we are now. We have this month, but not many people acknowledge the fact, and couldn’t care less to research our history.    Marshala Young  I think they have that attitude because […]