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

The airfield we know today as Pine Bluff Regional Airport got its start 80 years ago during World War II.

Boid Buie, the only one-armed star in professional basketball history, had athletic prowess and determination.

This week, the spotlight shines on pilot and artist Roy LaGrone, whose paintings of the Tuskegee Airmen brought their stories to life.

During the second week of National Black History Month, the spotlight turns to a gruesome chapter in the Pine Bluff's history.

This article begins our month-long look at notable people and events with Pine Bluff connections during National Black History Month.

Without formal training as an architect, Jewel Bain designed two homes listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

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

In 1958, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a historic commencement address at Arkansas AM&N College.

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.

You’ve heard his music in the soundtracks of some of this era’s most successful movies. Now it’s time to meet blues singer Charles Brown.

Delta Cinema World showcases innovators in motion pictures and theater with Pine Bluff connections.

Join us as we honor the literary contributions of Chester Himes, a novelist who spent his formative years in Pine Bluff.

From the 1920s through the 1960s, The Saenger Theatre drew massive crowds who came to see the top acts of the day.

By the late 1800s, Ferdinand “Ferd” Havis, a former slave, was a wealthy and influential man. How did he do it? Read on.

In 1903, one young woman prophesied the city of Pine Bluff would meet its end.

If you think that building roads and bridges is a difficult proposition today, imagine what it was like at the start of the 20th century.

It's the end of an era for Pine Bluff Commercial as it transitions to an online format this month.

Powerful things often come in small packages. Case in point: Olympian William (“Bill”) Arthur Carr.

A major mover and shaker in the art world, Isaac Scott Hathaway was a man of firsts.