The Arkansas Department of Health is hosting COVID-19 testing clinics for college students in Fayetteville and Russellville.
Participants are eligible to win a $500 donation for an Arkansas nonprofit. Martin Luther King…
In 2020 we launched a podcast dedicated to amplifying the voices of BIPOC Arkansans. Catch up on our first 5 episodes before the next one drops in January.
As we close out 2020, we share 10 stories that covered some of the years biggest topics including the pandemic, elections and calls for racial justice.
The remains of a 17-year-old Arkansas sailor who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII have been accounted for.
John Blue will become the first director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Jan. 19, 2021.
The first round of vaccines are being distributed to health care workers. Arkansas Department of Health Nursing Director Sherian Kwanisai was the first person in the state to receive the vaccine.
According to a new CDC survey, Black children in the United States are being vaccinated for influenza compared to last year.
Johnny M. Moore has been named as the new chancellor of ASU-Newport. He previously served as president and CEO of Philander Smith College.
Arkansas artists are receiving funding to support their work which includes the creation of music, poetry, theatre and food.
More than a dozen Arkansas counties held runoff elections Dec. 1 to select new members for their local city councils.
The Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese has organized a community event to make sure people have food for Thanksgiving.
Arkansas is one of three states without a hate crime law. A group of lawmakers is working to change that during next year’s legislative session.
Daisy Gatson Bates will be one of the first African Americans to have a statue in National Statuary Hall when Arkansas replaces its current statues of former political figures.
A ceremony to celebrate a new Trail of Tears marker is scheduled for Saturday during the annual Black Indian and Native American Heritage Month Fair.
An exhibit on display at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center through February shares the faces and stories of Black Arkansas veterans.
Musician Big Piph highlights minority creatives across the state in a new Arkansas PBS digital series that debuts Nov. 10.
The Fayetteville Film Fest is launching new initiatives developed by and for the Black, Indigenous and People of Color film community.
Minority and women-owned business owners can earn certification at a virtual workshop Nov. 17.
Joyce Elliott has conceded in the race for Congressional District 2, ending the state’s bid to send its first Black candidate to Congress.
There are a number of candidates of color seeking office across the state. Some of them will be making history if they win.
This powerful documentary, by Denzel Jenkins, describes the history of how Title IX evolved to where it is today and its impact on universities in the United States.
The Washington County Remembrance Project aims to create a memorial to honor three enslaved men lynched in Washington County in 1856.
Fayetteville filmmaker Mike Day reflects and connects with other Black Arkansans in a moment of triumph: the impending removal of a Confederate statue from downtown Bentonville.
In this podcast, Dwight Crawford, a recent graduate of the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff now working for Illinois State Legislature, discusses the impact of George Floyd’s killing and Crawford’s experience as a black man in America.