Grover White “Buddy” Turner, Jr. was an Arkansas legislator who influenced state policy from the 1960s through the 1980s.

He was one of the Six Pioneers who helped integrate the University of Arkansas Law School, and key advisor to Daisy Bates.

Dr. Cleon A. Flowers Sr. spent nearly six decades lovingly tending to patients.

This Pine Bluff native was supposed to be the next big thing in Hollywood in the 1920s, but things didn't turn out as planned.

Irene Rosenzweig excelled during an era when few women pursued lives outside the domestic sphere.

A silly superstition predating the Civil War once held the town of Pine Bluff hostage.

Raye Jean Montague was an American naval engineer credited with creating the first computer-generated rough draft of a U.S. naval ship.

During his nineteen-year career, Pine Bluff native Torii Hunter was considered one of major league baseball’s biggest stars.

Massathau D. Jordan, also known as M.D. Jordan was an educator, a leader, and a motivator for thousands of students at Merrill School.

Rev. Reuben Napoleon Chanay, who served as Merrill High’s principal in the 1940s and 1950s, helped move the school closer to its goals.

Two legendary principals at Merrill School, Joseph Carter Corbin and Professor William M. Townsend, inspired generations of students.

This Frenchman established New Gascony, one of the earliest settlements in what is now Jefferson County.

Art Porter, Sr. was a prodigy, virtuoso, and entertainer who performed for Arkansas governors, U.S. presidents, and heads of state.

A trailblazer, community activist, civil rights champion, and historian, Rev. Turner is a force for positive change.

Remarkable talent and brilliant showmanship catapulted this Pine Bluff native to status as one of Europe's most popular entertainers.

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.

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.

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.