Pine Bluff native Jeff Donaldson was a renowned African American visual artist and art educator who co-founded the AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) and partnered with 11 other artists to create Chicago’s famous Wall of Respect in the 1960’s which featured over 50 well-known African Americans known for their promotion of Black excellence.

Effie Mae Martin known professionally as Rosie Lee Tompkins was a renowned African American quilt maker who changed the face of...

Jennie Lee Gorton and D. Gorton, mother and son artists, who used their crafts to record the history of the South. Jennie Lee Gorton was...

On Friday, June 14, 2024, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will host its first Juneteenth in the...

Explore Pine Bluff's fast approaching "Discover Our Delta'' cultural tourism celebration is not one you want to miss as it will celebrate...

Frederick Tanqueray Anderson was a well- respected Arkansas watercolorist and romantic American Landscape artist, whose work was beloved...

Barbara Hendricks is a world class opera singer from Arkansas who has garnered critical acclaim and performed in opera houses around the...

Image Credit: Trikosko, Marion S.. No changes were made to the image. Why A Pine Bluff Field Trip Can Teach Kids More About Black History...

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

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

Henry Jackson Lewis was the nation's first African American political cartoonist. He spent a portion of his adult life in Pine Bluff.

For more than 40 years, thousands of parents across the country paid money to Melton Barker so their kids could appear in his movies.

Geleve Grice's insatiable desire to document what he saw made him one of the most important photographers in Arkansas history.