Episodes

  • Cassandra and Lonnie Smith
    Apr 18 2024

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

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    56 mins
  • Valena Lane
    Apr 18 2024

    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

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    45 mins
  • Delores Wilkerson Smith
    Apr 18 2024

    Delores Wilkerson Smith discusses her father's political and business legacy, the Collegiate Shoppe, and her sister and state representative, the honorable Pinkie Wilkerson.

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    45 mins
  • Bobby Rabon
    Apr 18 2024

    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.

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    40 mins
  • Lorine Bowman
    Apr 18 2024

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

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    29 mins
  • Mayor Martha W. Andrus, pt 2
    Apr 18 2024

    Former mayor, Martha W. Andrus, discusses her tenure as the first female mayor of Grambling.

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    42 mins
  • Mayor Martha W. Andrus, pt 1
    Apr 18 2024

    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.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Steve Andrist
    Feb 13 2024

    Steve Andrist

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    39 mins