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© Brian M. McGowan 2022
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This podcast is part of an oral history project by faculty and students of Grambling State University's Department of History. Students and faculty interview members of the broader Grambling community in order to recover and preserve stories and memories related to the institution.
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Reverend Connie Breaux discusses her time as the head campus minister at Grambling State University and associate pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church during the events of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
Dr. Karletta White discusses her time as a student, SGA senator, and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. at GSU during the events of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
Dr. Rory Bedford discusses his perspective as director of service learning at GSU during the events of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
Martha Andrus rejoins the podcast to discuss her vantage point as mayor of Grambling during the events of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
Shakira Hardison discusses her perspective as head of housing at GSU during the events of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
Valena Lane discusses her family's funeral home business, her time at Grambling State University, her experiences as one of the first Black graduate students at Louisiana Tech, as well as her career in the Housing Authority
Cassandra and Lonnie Smith discuss the political and business legacy of their father and A.D. Smith Insurance.
Delores Wilkerson Smith discusses her father's political and business legacy, the Collegiate Shoppe, and her sister and state representative, the honorable Pinkie Wilkerson.
Bobby Rabon discusses his time as a driver for Crowe's Taxi, a Black livery service, as well as delves into other topics such as growing up in a sharecropping family, his time at Grambling State University, and his time in the army. N.B. this episode contains stories of racial violence and language.
Lorine Bowman discusses Grambling's iconic restaurant: Tasty's.
Former mayor, Martha W. Andrus, discusses her tenure as the first female mayor of Grambling.
Former mayor, Martha W. Andrus, discusses the early history of Grambling and her father, B.T. Woodard, including his legacy as first mayor of Grambling as well as his tailoring business.
Terri White
Interview with Lynda Brown-Wright
Debra Ann Algiers
Connie Russell
Steve Andrist
Mary Fares
Obadiah Simmons, long time professor
Glen Lewis, long time Grambling photographer and journalist
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