During the Jim Crow era, African Americans could unwind, connect, and enjoy community at the Longley Park grounds at minstrels shows,...

Pine Bluff native, Fred “Deacon” Johnson was an African American entertainer and music contractor who established  the Deacon Johnson...

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

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