UFO Sightings in Arkansas
There have been numerous sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in Arkansas between 1896 and 1965, including at least three UFO...
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- Sep 21
- 2 min
The Quiet Lynching of Judge Jones
In 1910, Judge O. Jones was lynched in Pine Bluff by a silent mob of forty to fifty armed men who disappeared into the night without a...
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- Sep 14
- 2 min
The Forest Park Fair
From 1904 to 1912, the Forest Park Fair proved to be an excellent attraction causing a huge influx in tourism to Pine Bluff. Image...
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- Aug 17
- 3 min
John Rust & His Mechanical Cotton Picker
John Rust’s relentless pursuit of perfecting the mechanical cotton picker revolutionizing the post World-War II Southern economy. Image...
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- Aug 10
- 3 min
The History of Haygood Seminary
Haygood Seminary was a Mecca for educational and vocational training for newly freed African Americans from the late 1800s to the early...
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- Jul 27
- 3 min
The Undefeated Bill Carr
Bill Carr, a two time Olympic gold medalist from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, never lost a single race during his collegiate and Olympic career....
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- Jul 20
- 3 min
William LeVan Sherrill, Marcus Garvey and the United Negro Improvement Association
William LeVan Sherrill, a human rights activist from Arkansas, is credited with leading and linking the Black nationalist movement of the...
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- Jul 13
- 3 min
The Back to Africa Movement
The Back to Africa Movement saw many of its Black residents emigrate from counties all over Arkansas throughout the late 1800s. Image...
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- Jul 6
- 3 min
Frederick Tanqueray Anderson
Frederick Tanqueray Anderson was a well- respected Arkansas watercolorist and romantic American Landscape artist, whose work was beloved...
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- Jun 25
- 3 min
Why A Pine Bluff Field Trip Can Teach Kids More About Black History
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...
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- May 25
- 4 min
Reverend John M. Lucey & Pine Bluff's Colored Industrial Institute
Despite multiple organizational changes, Reverend Lucey’s groundbreaking school, the Colored Industrial Institute, lasted more than 120...
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- May 11
- 4 min
Basil Shabazz: The Measure of Greatness
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...
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- May 4
- 3 min
The Rich History of Pine Bluff Cotton Seed Oil Companies
Initially thought of as waste from cotton production, in 1890 cotton seeds became a source of financial gain for Pine Bluff cotton...
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- Apr 20
- 3 min
Martha Beall Mitchell: A Pine Bluff Original
This article is a reprint from the Explore Pine Bluff Blog due to anticipated interest in the upcoming Starz series Gaslit highlighting...
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- Apr 13
- 3 min
Amanda Trulock: An Unconventional Arkansas Plantation Owner
Amanda Trulock is remembered for being an unconventional Arkansas woman of her time. She held nuanced conflicted views about slavery,...
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- Apr 6
- 5 min
Wild Bill Hickok: A Gunslinging Legend of the Wild West
Born almost 2 centuries ago, Wild Bill Hickok is still remembered as a great lawman and a feared gunslinger, sometimes with either foot...
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- Mar 16
- 3 min
Madam M. E. Hockenhull: A Pine Bluff Business Woman Ahead of Her Time
This astute Pine Bluff entrepreneur owned a clothing store, beauty parlor, and beauty school all while designing women's attire,...
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- Mar 9
- 3 min
Rural Revolutionaries: 1918 Refusal by Black Pine Bluff Women to Pick Cotton
In 1918, a group of black women banded together against Pine Bluff city officials to increase their meager wages and succeeded against...
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- Feb 16
- 3 min
John Horse and the Black Seminoles: The Race to Freedom
John Horse courageously led Seminoles and enslaved people to freedom from Florida to Mexico, even stopping in Pine Bluff. Image Credit:...
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- Feb 2
- 3 min
Dr. Carter G. Woodson & The Rich History of Black History Month
Woodson, the child of enslaved people, achieved much his parents couldn’t. He became a celebrated Black historian, was the second African...
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