M.D. Jordan: Shaping a Generation
Massathau D. Jordan, also known as M.D. Jordan was an educator, a leader, and a motivator for thousands of students at Merrill School.
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- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
Remembering Rev. Reuben Napoleon Chanay
Rev. Reuben Napoleon Chanay, who served as Merrill High’s principal in the 1940s and 1950s, helped move the school closer to its goals.
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- Jun 9, 2021
- 3 min
Meet Joseph Carter Corbin & Professor William Townsend
Two legendary principals at Merrill School, Joseph Carter Corbin and Professor William M. Townsend, inspired generations of students.
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- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min
Merrill School: A Look Back
Merrill School was one of four high schools that served black students in the Pine Bluff area.
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- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
Merci, Antoine Barraque
This Frenchman established New Gascony, one of the earliest settlements in what is now Jefferson County.
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- May 19, 2021
- 3 min
Grand Masonic Temple
From the early 1900s to the 1980s, the Grand Masonic Temple was the hub for business and commerce for African Americans in Pine Bluff.
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- May 12, 2021
- 3 min
Remembering the Colored Industrial Institute
The Colored Industrial Institute was one of the first Catholic-supported schools for African American children in Arkansas.
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- Apr 21, 2021
- 3 min
The Short Life of Lil’ Bobby Hutton
Robert James Hutton packed a lifetime of activism into less than two decades.
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- Apr 14, 2021
- 3 min
Meet Henry Jackson Lewis
Henry Jackson Lewis was the nation's first African American political cartoonist. He spent a portion of his adult life in Pine Bluff.
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- Apr 7, 2021
- 2 min
Remembering WOK, Arkansas’ First Radio Station
Pine Bluff's WOK was the first radio station in Arkansas, thanks to the the efforts of a visionary power plant executive.
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- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
Remembering The Kidnappers Foil
For more than 40 years, thousands of parents across the country paid money to Melton Barker so their kids could appear in his movies.
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- Mar 24, 2021
- 3 min
Remembering Historic Grider Field
The airfield we know today as Pine Bluff Regional Airport got its start 80 years ago during World War II.
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- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
Meet "One Arm" Boid Buie
Boid Buie, the only one-armed star in professional basketball history, had athletic prowess and determination.
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- Feb 17, 2021
- 3 min
The Art of Tuskegee Airman Roy LaGrone
This week, the spotlight shines on pilot and artist Roy LaGrone, whose paintings of the Tuskegee Airmen brought their stories to life.
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- Feb 10, 2021
- 3 min
Pine Bluff Lynchings of 1892
During the second week of National Black History Month, the spotlight turns to a gruesome chapter in the Pine Bluff's history.
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- Feb 3, 2021
- 3 min
What Do You Know about the WPA Slave Narratives?
This article begins our month-long look at notable people and events with Pine Bluff connections during National Black History Month.
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- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
Jewel Bain: Home Designer Extraordinaire
Without formal training as an architect, Jewel Bain designed two homes listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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- Jan 20, 2021
- 3 min
Getting to Know Geleve Grice
Geleve Grice's insatiable desire to document what he saw made him one of the most important photographers in Arkansas history.
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- Jan 13, 2021
- 2 min
Martin Luther King, Jr. Made History in Pine Bluff
In 1958, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a historic commencement address at Arkansas AM&N College.
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- Dec 23, 2020
- 3 min
The UAPB Vesper Choir: A Pine Bluff Tradition
Though COVID-19 has cancelled the UAPB Vesper Choir's performance of The Messiah this year, it hasn’t cancelled the legacy of this ensemble.
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