AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOOL BUILDING REVIVAL
Allen Green Normal and Industrial School
Lincoln Parish
Allen Green Normal and Industrial School started out as the African American Industrial and Agricultural school known as Grambling State University in 1901. In 1896, a group of farmers wanted to create a school for African Americans in the area. With the help of Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute, Charles P. Adams helped organize the school. Charles P. Adams was the school’s first president and served the community as the founding president for 35 years. The school was built at its current location in 1905 and was renamed to North Louisiana Agricultural and Industrial School. The school later became a junior college and was named Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute in 1928. A few years later in 1936, the school shifted its education to rural teacher education. This shift served the surrounding communities and other parishes throughout Louisiana in the years to come. The school later became known as Grambling College, after P. G. Grambling, in 1946. Grambling College continued to grow and was renamed to Grambling State University in 1974 as graduate programs and curriculum for added. Since the 1970s, the school has developed and various new buildings have been built. The campus serves not only the community of Grambling, but the surrounding parishes, the greater state of Louisiana, and beyond those state lines.
Allen Green Normal and Industrial School
OPENED: 1901
CLOSED: N/A
OTHER NAMES OF SCHOOL: Grambling High School, North Louisiana A & I Institute, Louisiana Negro Normal A & I School, Grambling College, Grambling State University, Grambling Preparatory High School
OTHER USES/CURRENT USE: University campus
403 Main Street
Grambling, LA 71245
