Voices of Grambling

by Brian M. McGowan & Edward Holt

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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Podcast episodes

  • Season 4

  • Cassandra and Lonnie Smith

    Cassandra and Lonnie Smith

    S04 E07
    Apr 18, 2024
    55:42

    Cassandra and Lonnie Smith discuss the political and business legacy of their father and A.D. Smith Insurance.

  • Valena Lane

    Valena Lane

    S04 E06
    Apr 18, 2024
    45:16

    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

  • Delores Wilkerson Smith

    Delores Wilkerson Smith

    S04 E05
    Apr 18, 2024
    45:21

    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

    Explicit

    Bobby Rabon

    S04 E04
    Apr 18, 2024
    39:58
    Explicit

    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

    Lorine Bowman

    S04 E03
    Apr 18, 2024
    28:51

    Lorine Bowman discusses Grambling's iconic restaurant: Tasty's.