The cakewalk was a mid-19th century dance originally performed at get-togethers by the enslaved on Southern plantations. During this...

In 1930, after more than 20 years, professional baseball found its way back to Pine Bluff with the Pine Bluff Judges who won the Cotton...

In the spring of 1976, former Pine Bluff Commercial writer Louis Guida recorded blues artists all across Arkansas to produce the 1983 blues album Keep It to Yourself, Arkansas Blues Volume 1: Solo Performances. 33 years later, he utilized the 1976 recordings, producing Meet Me in the Bottom: Arkansas Blues, Volume 2 - The Bands.

In May of 1958, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the due process protection against coerced confessions in the pivotal court case, Payne vs. Arkansas, which originated from a court case in Pine Bluff.

Pine Bluff native, James Lamar Stone, received some of the U.S. Army’s highest honors which include a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart. He also received a Medal of Honor for defending a vital military outpost during the Korean War.

In 1986, Edward J. Perkins became the first black ambassador assigned to the Republic of South Africa, where he was an ardent opponent of apartheid. Throughout his 24 year career, he also served as a U.S. foreign ambassador to Ghana, Liberia, the United Nations, and Australia.

Katherine Stinson was a trailblazing stunt pilot, flight instructor, skilled mechanic, Postal Service airmail pilot, World War I Red Cross worker, and accomplished Pueblo-style architect. She was the fourth woman in U.S history to become a licensed pilot, the first woman to master the loop-the-loop flying maneuver, and the first person to skywrite at night.

Arkansas native Jerry Louis Jones was an actor, screenwriter, and playwright best known for his collaboration with fellow Arkansan Rudy...

Pine Bluff boasts a rich history of numerous film and television shows created, starred in, developed and/or inspired by Pine Bluff...

Pine Bluff native, Dr. George Edmund Haynes  was a pioneering sociologist, social worker, educator, policy expert, and co-founder and...

In 1937, Dr. John Brown Watson, the first president of Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal College (now known as the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff), donated 100 acres of land southwest of Pine Bluff for the first public African American state park in the South.

Willie Roaf is a former professional football player who played for nine seasons with the New Orleans Saints and four seasons with the...

During his time in Hollywood, script writer John Donley worked with industry superstars like Bill Cosby, Sinbad, and Curtis Mayfield. In...

Ena Hartman was an African American model and actress from Arkansas known for small roles in film and television during the 1960s....

On September 7 1960, with the support of her parents, her community and the NAACP, six year old Deloris Jean York became the first...

Monte Coleman is a former professional football player who played for sixteen seasons with the Washington Redskins. He also led the UAPB...

In the 1950s and 1960s, The Browns, a country music trio made up of siblings Jim Ed, Maxine, and Bonnie Brown, who grew up near Pine...

In 1895, Jeremiah Haralson was a former politician, powerful orator, and debater who served in the Alabama House of Representatives and...

During his 11-year career with the Green Bay Packers, Donald Hutson revolutionized the NFL. He was one of the first players to use pass...

On June 21, 1902, Father John Henry Dorsey became the second African American educated and ordained priest in the United States.  From...