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Arkansas Moments

Arkansas Moments is a special feature of UA Little Rock's Public Radio that explores the history of the civil rights movement in Arkansas with Dr. John A. Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History.

jakirk@ualr.edu

  • This summer marks the tenth anniversary of Arkansas Moments. The radio slots are based on the award-winning research of John Kirk. Kirk has taught,…
  • This summer marks the tenth anniversary of the UA Little Rock Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity. Among its many signal achievements, the Anderson…
  • This summer marks the tenth anniversary of the UA Little Rock Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity. Among its many signal achievements, the Anderson…
  • This summer marks the tenth anniversary of the founding of the UA Little Rock Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity. Among its many signal…
  • The Arkansas State Sovereignty Commission was created in February 1957 to “protect the sovereignty of Arkansas…from encroachment by the federal…
  • In 1964, Arkansas voters approved a new state constitutional amendment that replaced the poll tax with a modern, permanent voter registration system. The…
  • The 1959 Arkansas General Assembly was the third in three years to pass a raft of pro-segregation measures. Act 236 allowed the parents of a student to…
  • The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, sent shock waves around the nation and around the world. A…
  • The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, sent shock waves around the nation and around the world.…
  • The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, sent shock waves around the nation and around the world. Little…