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Arkansas Moments
Voting Rights in Arkansas since the 1970s
By 1972, Arkansas had ninety-nine African American elected officials, the second highest number of any southern state. Throughout the state African Americans won elective offices ... Full story
Voting Rights in Arkansas: The 1960s
The 1960s witnessed a revolution in voting rights in Arkansas. In 1964, Amendment Twenty-Four to the U.S. Constitution outlawed the use of the poll tax ... Full story
Voting Rights in Arkansas: Reconstruction and After
During Reconstruction and after, when African Americans first held the right to vote, a number of African Americans were elected to the Arkansas General Assembly. ... Full story
Arkansas and the Tuskegee Airmen "Red Tails"
This month sees the release of the George Lucas blockbuster movie Red Tails starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. The movie is based on the true story ... Full story
Woodrow W. Crockett, Arkansas Tuskegee Airman and "Red Tail"
This month sees the release of the blockbuster movie Red Tails about the United States first African American air fighter group. Woodrow W. Crockett is ... Full story
William T. Mattison, Arkansas Tuskegee Airman and "Red Tail"
This month sees the release of the blockbuster movie Red Tails about the United States' first African American air fighter group. William T. Mattison is ... Full story
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1823. In a varied career he worked as a carpenter, campaigned alongside abolitionist and former slave ... Full story
Charlotte Andrews Stephens
Charlotte Andrews Stephens was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1854. Stephens’ father, William Wallace Andrews, founded Methodist Wesley Chapel, one of the earliest African ... Full story
Joseph Robert Booker
Joseph Robert Booker was born in Helena, Arkansas, in 1893. He graduated from Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock in 1914 and gained a law ... Full story
Daisy Bates and Huttig, Arkansas
Daisy Lee Gatson Bates was born in the small south Arkansas sawmill town of Huttig in 1913. When she was still a child, her mother was ... Full story
