We demand that the Grambling State Tigers remove their Tiger mascot immediately.

“It is incredibly insulting for any African American to have to attend to a school that honors confederate [sic] militantism. It is already hard enough to be black at GSU and these symbols must be changed“It was the custom at that time, for some occult reason, to call football teams by the names of vicious animals; the Yale Bulldogs and the Princeton Tigers, for example. This is still the vogue. It struck me that black and gold looked Tigerish enough. The Tigers had represented the state in Civil War and had been known for their hard fighting.” This must be dealt with immediately.