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By 1972, Arkansas had ninety-nine African American elected officials, the second highest number of any southern state. Throughout the state African…

Walter “Wiley” Jones was born a slave in Madison County, Georgia, July 14, 1848. At five years-old Jones moved to Jefferson County, Arkansas. His family…

John Harold Johnson was born in Arkansas City, January 19, 1918. In 1933, he moved with his parents to Chicago where he worked at the Supreme Liberty Life…

During his tenure as governor, Winthrop Rockefeller appointed more African Americans to state positions than ever before. This included William “Sonny”…

The centennial of former governor Winthrop Rockefeller’s birth in May is followed by the centennial of former governor Sid McMath’s birth in June. McMath…

Little Rock and North Little Rock are home to three of the oldest seats of African American higher education in Arkansas. Arkansas Baptist College was…

Little Rock and North Little Rock are home to three of the oldest seats of higher education in Arkansas. North Little Rock’s Shorter College, an African…

The black power movement, a new burst of African American activism that emerged in the late 1960s, has some intriguing links to Arkansas. Eldridge…

Although Arkansas is often portrayed as a moderate, even progressive state in terms of its race relations, indicative statistics can sometimes tell a…

Although Arkansas is often portrayed as a moderate, even progressive state in terms of its race relations, indicative statistics can sometimes tell a…