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.
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In its 1944 Smith v. Allwright decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of all-white party primaries in the South that were a significant…
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In February 1960, a student sit-in movement against segregated lunch counters spread across the South. A new civil rights organization, the Student…
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After the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Arkansas State Capital cafeteria incorporated as a private members club to avoid desegregation.…
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In 1962, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, known as “snick,” sent white Ohioan Bill Hansen to Little Rock. By 1963, most of Little Rock’s…
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In her memoir Daisy Bates remembers the first day the Little Rock Nine attended classes at Central High:“Newscasters, broadcasting from the school…
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On September 24, 1957, Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower issued an executive order: “The Secretary of Defense is authorized to use such of the armed forces of…
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On the night of Sunday, September 2, 1957, Arkansas governor Orval E. Faubus went on television and told citizens: “Units of the National Guard have…
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The civil rights movement produced some of the most iconic photographs of the twentieth century. Ira Wilmer Counts’ famous image of Elizabeth Eckford’s…
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From March 15 through March 17, 1974, Little Rock hosted the second National Black Political Convention. The first convention was held in Gary, Indiana,…
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Sixty years ago, on February 1, 1960, the first sit-ins took place in Greensboro, North Carolina, that launched a southern wide movement. From February to…