5 days ago4 minChief Heckaton’s Battle to Remain in ArkansasIn the late 1800s, relentless Quapaw Chief Heckaton, repeatedly petitioned the US government to allow his tribe to retain their Arkansas...
May 114 minBasil Shabazz: The Measure of GreatnessBasil Shabazz, a Pine Bluff athletic phenom and all-around athlete, has served as a standard for greatness, first as athlete and now as a...
May 43 minThe Rich History of Pine Bluff Cotton Seed Oil CompaniesInitially thought of as waste from cotton production, in 1890 cotton seeds became a source of financial gain for Pine Bluff cotton...
Apr 274 minColonel John M. Gracie & the Italian Immigrants ExperimentColonel John M. Gracie, a prominent Arkansas cotton plantation owner intent on ensuring his plantation’s success, imported families from...
Apr 203 minMartha Beall Mitchell: A Pine Bluff OriginalThis article is a reprint from the Explore Pine Bluff Blog due to anticipated interest in the upcoming Starz series Gaslit highlighting...
Apr 133 minAmanda Trulock: An Unconventional Arkansas Plantation OwnerAmanda Trulock is remembered for being an unconventional Arkansas woman of her time. She held nuanced conflicted views about slavery,...
Apr 65 minWild Bill Hickok: A Gunslinging Legend of the Wild WestBorn almost 2 centuries ago, Wild Bill Hickok is still remembered as a great lawman and a feared gunslinger, sometimes with either foot...
Mar 303 minMarian Etiole Watson: A Paragon of Entertainment NewsMarian Etiole Watson has made a name for herself as an award-winning journalist and a household name among New York’s pop culture elite...
Mar 233 minBeth Brickell: Pine Bluff Entertainer Extraordinaire Beth Brickell made a huge and lasting impact on the entertainment industry, starring in television shows and movies, and going on to...
Mar 163 minMadam M. E. Hockenhull: A Pine Bluff Business Woman Ahead of Her TimeThis astute Pine Bluff entrepreneur owned a clothing store, beauty parlor, and beauty school all while designing women's attire,...
Mar 93 minRural Revolutionaries: 1918 Refusal by Black Pine Bluff Women to Pick CottonIn 1918, a group of black women banded together against Pine Bluff city officials to increase their meager wages and succeeded against...
Mar 23 minLillian Rozell Messenger: A Prolific American PoetLillian Rozell Messenger made her mark in American literature throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, just as women began to...
Feb 234 minPine Bluff’s Instrumental Role in Transforming American Civil Rights The city of Pine Bluff and many of its residents played integral parts in the civil rights movement, spanning across disciplines from...
Feb 163 minJohn Horse and the Black Seminoles: The Race to FreedomJohn Horse courageously led Seminoles and enslaved people to freedom from Florida to Mexico, even stopping in Pine Bluff. Image Credit:...
Feb 94 minThe Power of Student Activism: Pine Bluff Student Sit-Ins (Woolworth’s and McDonald’s)Some of the most impactful moments in civil rights history were not the results of the planning of great leaders, but rather the...
Feb 23 minDr. Carter G. Woodson & The Rich History of Black History MonthWoodson, the child of enslaved people, achieved much his parents couldn’t. He became a celebrated Black historian, was the second African...
Jan 264 minJ. Mayo “Ink” Williams: Pioneering Blues Record Producer from Pine BluffJ. 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...
Jan 194 minDr. Martin Luther King Jr. & AM&N College: A Historic Stop on His Civil Rights JourneyDr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1958 commencement address at Arkansas AM&N College inspired hundreds of students and gave the college the...
Aug 25, 20213 minWilkerson v. the State of ArkansasThis 1947 landmark case put an end to the practice of excluding African Americans from juries, which had been ongoing since Reconstruction.
Aug 18, 20213 minGetting to Know G.W. "Buddy" Turner, Jr.Grover White “Buddy” Turner, Jr. was an Arkansas legislator who influenced state policy from the 1960s through the 1980s.