In the late 1800s, relentless Quapaw Chief Heckaton, repeatedly petitioned the US government to allow his tribe to retain their Arkansas...

Basil Shabazz, a Pine Bluff athletic phenom and all-around athlete, has served as a standard for greatness, first as athlete and now as a...

Initially thought of as waste from cotton production, in 1890 cotton seeds became a source of financial gain for Pine Bluff cotton...

Colonel John M. Gracie, a prominent Arkansas cotton plantation owner intent on ensuring his plantation’s success, imported families from...

This article is a reprint from the Explore Pine Bluff Blog due to anticipated interest in the upcoming Starz series Gaslit highlighting...

Amanda Trulock is remembered for being an unconventional Arkansas woman of her time. She held nuanced conflicted views about slavery,...

Born almost 2 centuries ago, Wild Bill Hickok is still remembered as a great lawman and a feared gunslinger, sometimes with either foot...

Marian Etiole Watson has made a name for herself as an award-winning journalist and a household name among New York’s pop culture elite...

Beth Brickell made a huge and lasting impact on the entertainment industry, starring in television shows and movies, and going on to...

This astute Pine Bluff entrepreneur owned a clothing store, beauty parlor, and beauty school all while designing women's attire,...

In 1918, a group of black women banded together against Pine Bluff city officials to increase their meager wages and succeeded against...

Lillian Rozell Messenger made her mark in American literature throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, just as women began to...

The city of Pine Bluff and many of its residents played integral parts in the civil rights movement, spanning across disciplines from...

John Horse courageously led Seminoles and enslaved people to freedom from Florida to Mexico, even stopping in Pine Bluff. Image Credit:...

Some of the most impactful moments in civil rights history were not the results of the planning of great leaders, but rather the...

Woodson, the child of enslaved people, achieved much his parents couldn’t. He became a celebrated Black historian, was the second African...

J. Mayo “Ink” Williams not only goes down in the annals of history as a great professional athlete, but as a better blues and jazz record...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1958 commencement address at Arkansas AM&N College inspired hundreds of students and gave the college the...

This 1947 landmark case put an end to the practice of excluding African Americans from juries, which had been ongoing since Reconstruction.

Grover White “Buddy” Turner, Jr. was an Arkansas legislator who influenced state policy from the 1960s through the 1980s.