Harding University is celebrating its first two African American undergraduate students to earn bachelor’s degrees by naming the administration building after them.
Tag: Black History Month
On this date in 1948, Silas Hunt applied for admission to the U of A’s law school. He became the first African American student admitted to the university since Reconstruction.
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center has issued an open call for original Black history poetry. Winning poems will be performed during a livestream event Feb. 26.
Influential blues guitarist Albert King first played professionally in and around Osceola, Ark. where he moved with his family in 1931.
Black History Month gets underway this week with a variety of events including an acrobatics performance, a poetry series and a showcase of rap and hip hop artists.