Welcome To The Grambling Connection!

It’s been a long time coming but it’s here! Grambling’s own community newspaper! With over 4,000 residents in the town and another 5,000 at the University, Grambling (and surrounding areas like Simsboro and Gibsland), has long been in need of a communications vehicle that services its residents and provides them a platform through which they can speak.

Our reason for putting together this paper is simple— to connect the community. As most folks from Grambling already know, Grambling has an incredible and rich history. From its formation in the 1800’s by freed slaves looking for a place to call their own with a fierce determination to build economic and political independence, to being the birthplace of the first HBCU in Louisiana to being home to the legendary Coach Eddie Robinson, the winningest coach in collegiate football history and who put more players in the NFL than any other collegiate football coach in history! And, now, to be the first HBCU in the US to open a digital library! Yes, Grambling has a lot to be proud of. However, as the staff members of the Grambling Connection have observed, and as others in the community have been saying for some time, what is missing is a communication device through which the community receives timely and accurate information about what goes on in the community relevant to them and a way to have their voices heard.