Grambling in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Arthur D. Smith, Sr.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 14, 2020

1. Arthur D. Smith, Sr. Marker

Inscription. Mr. A.D. Smith, Sr., was a beloved educator, civic, religious and political leader. In 1939, he began a teaching career in Bienville Parish that spanned thirty-one years, including serving as the first Principal of the GSU Laboratory School, and as a Professor in the Grambling College Teacher Education Program for over twenty years. In 1941, Smith opened a Property and Casualty Insurance Agency, the only one of its kind operated by an African American in the vast Northern Louisiana area. Smith was a member of the Grambling Town Council for many years, affiliated with numerous major education organizations, and was a volunteer Boy Scouts worker for more than twenty years. He was a dedicated deacon and finance officer at Mt. Zion Baptist Church and a devoted husband and father. In 1971 Smith said that his life was the story "of one who has been a farmer, a day laborer, a public school teacher, an insurance agent, a college professor, and of a person who continually-tried to he a good citizen, a Christian gentleman, and friend of other human beings".

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Location. 32° 32.276′ N, 92° 42.823′ W. Marker is in Grambling, Louisiana, in Lincoln Parish. It is on Legends Avenue (State Highway 149) just south of Interstate 20, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Grambling LA 71245, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dr. Leon Whittaker (here, next to this marker); Dr. Alice Brown Smith (here, next to this marker); Dr. Earl Lester Cole (here, next to this marker); Dr. Joseph Johnson (here, next to this

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 14, 2020

2. Arthur D. Smith, Sr. Marker

marker); Vernell J. Delafosse (here, next to this marker); Siscro McCarty (here, next to this marker); Thomas Morehead (here, next to this marker); Henry Louis Dyer (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grambling.

More about this marker. Located in the Grambling Walk of Fame/Legends Square.

Walk of Fame Archway image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 14, 2020

3. Walk of Fame Archway

Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 387 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 4, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.