Evangeline K. Brown was a longtime educator and activist in the Arkansas Delta who served as a plaintiff in a lawsuit that helped create new majority Black districts for the Arkansas House of Representatives and the Arkansas Senate.
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson is expanding vaccine eligibility to all members of Phase 1-B. This includes grocery store workers and essential government workers.
Organizations around the state are celebrating Women’s History Month with a variety of in-person and virtual events throughout March.
A new report found minority business owners in Arkansas applied for lending at a disproportionately lower rate than white business owners, but were denied lending at a higher rate.
Educator, author and lecturer Daisy Graham Anderson is best known for being one of the last surviving widows of the American Civil War.
The Momentary’s newest exhibition “Diana Al-Hadid: Ash in the Trade Winds” is on view March 5 though June 13.
A private donation is helping support 500 Little Rock students who can attend the virtual HBCU Awareness Foundation College Fair for free.
In this week’s installment of “Take a Hike,” we explore Moro Bay State Park and talk to Patrick Graham about his love of the outdoors.
Elizabeth “Quatie” Ross was the first wife of Cherokee chief John Ross. She traveled through Arkansas on the Trail of Tears.
After announcing he would sign a “stand your ground” bill into law Wednesday, Gov. Hutchinson encouraged the passage of hate crimes legislation in Arkansas.
Former Ebony and Jet Magazine owner Linda Johnson Rice is the featured speaker at a virtual Women’s History Event hosted by UAPB tonight.
Edith Irby Jones was the first African American accepted at any medical school in the South. She graduated from the University of Arkansas Medical School.
Governor Asa Hutchinson is expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to include food manufacturing employees like poultry workers effective immediately.
Juanita Jackson Mitchell was a pioneering African-American attorney who was the first Black woman to practice law in Maryland.
A new study from the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas finds access to capital and racial bias are the biggest barriers facing women of color entrepreneurs in the state.
The Arkansas Senate has approved a bill that will include the late Rep. John W. Walker in African American history teaching materials in public schools.
Edomae Boone Watson was a prominent African-American civic and education leader in Jonesboro who helped develop the Head Start program in the city.
The Fayetteville Film Fest is funding five projects through the inaugural Micheaux Award, which supports BIPOC filmmakers.
Florence Price was the first African-American female composer to have a symphonic composition performed by a major American symphony orchestra.
The city of Conway is conducting a historical context study in an effort to preserve the history of the Pine Street neighborhood.
A McMillon Innovation Studio project focused on diversity, equity and inclusion is seeking feedback from Northwest Arkansas residents.
The state’s mask mandate could be lifted after March 31 if benchmarks are met. Gov.…
An effort is underway to bring a UAMS mobile health unit to Camden to support vaccination efforts in the region.
In this week’s installment of “Take a Hike,” we explore Arkansas Post Museum State Park and talk to Kwaeisi Golliday and OBrennan Moss about their love of the outdoors.
Alfred “Slick” Surratt was a baseball player in the Negro Leagues in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The Arkansas native was involved with the creation and development of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Missouri.