American chattel slavery was a unique institution that emerged in the English colonies in America in the seventeenth century. Enslaved peoples were held ...| Encyclopedia of Arkansas
In the last years of the 1850s, Arkansas enjoyed an economic boom that was unparalleled in its history. But in the years between 1861 and 1865, the bloody ...| Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Segregation and desegregation in Arkansas cannot be understood using the same model that has defined these matters in other Southern states. Throughout ...| Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Philander Smith University was the first historically Black, four-year college in Arkansas and the first historically Black college to be accredited by a ...| Encyclopedia of Arkansas
In its 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public education was a ...| Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Latitude and Longitude: 34º13'42"N 092º00'11"W Elevation: 225 feet Area: 44.18 square miles (2020 Census) Population: 41,253 (2020 Census) Incorporation ...| Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Latitude and Longitude: 34º44'43"N 092º16'31"W Elevation: 350 feet Area: 120.05 square miles (2020 Census) Population: 202,591 (2020 Census) Incorporation ...| Encyclopedia of Arkansas
The Little Rock Nine were the nine African American students involved in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. Their entrance into the ...| Encyclopedia of Arkansas
The weekly Arkansas State Press newspaper was founded in Little Rock (Pulaski County) in 1941 by civil rights pioneers Lucious Christopher Bates and Daisy ...| Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Daisy Lee Gatson Bates was a mentor to the Little Rock Nine, the African American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock in 1957. She ...| Encyclopedia of Arkansas
The Elaine Massacre was by far the deadliest racial confrontation in Arkansas history and possibly the bloodiest racial conflict in the history of the ...| Encyclopedia of Arkansas