Hercules King Cannon White
Hercules King Cannon White was a six-term Pine Bluff mayor and a prominent figure in the Brooks-Baxter War during the Reconstruction era....
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- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
William Harold Flowers: A Civil Rights Titan Who Served Arkansas Well
William Harold Flowers was a civil rights titan, winning many landmark victories which include ending the practice of excluding African...
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- Dec 14, 2022
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Fountain Brown: A Methodist Preacher's Confessions
Fountain Brown, a Methodist preacher, confessed to selling eight of his slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation, creating a historic...
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- Nov 16, 2022
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Kenneth Culvey Johnson: Pine Bluff Sci-Fi Legend
Pine Bluff native Kenneth Culvey Johnson, is Sci-Fi legend with shows like The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, and V., making...
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- Nov 2, 2022
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End of the Line: The 1987 Movie partly filmed in Pine Bluff
End of the Line 1987 train heist dramedy was filmed in Pine Bluff with assistance from the Cotton Belt Historical Society and the Cotton...
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- Oct 26, 2022
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Harvey C. Couch: Arkansas’ Super Industrialist
Harvey C. Couch was the astute Arkansas businessman who founded the precursor to Entergy, and helped to bring electricity and telephone...
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- Oct 19, 2022
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Othello Cross: A Life of Legal Service to the Pine Bluff Community
Othello Cross spent over forty years serving the Pine Bluff community and its legal needs, even representing many Arkansas farmers in a...
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- Oct 12, 2022
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The UAPB Aquaculture & Fisheries Center of Excellence
UAPB Aquaculture & Fisheries Center of Excellence has continued to be marked by research excellence, community outreach, and the high...
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- Oct 5, 2022
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UAPB Tennis Legend Carnis Poindexter
UAPB Tennis legend Carnis Poindexter exemplified the meaning of paying it forward, mentoring countless young adults and sending more than...
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- Sep 28, 2022
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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, 2022
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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 7, 2022
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The Discovering Our Delta Celebration
Explore Pine Bluff's fast approaching "Discover Our Delta'' cultural tourism celebration is not one you want to miss as it will celebrate...
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- Aug 31, 2022
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John Thach: An Extraordinary Navy Aviator
John Thach proved to be one of the most brilliant Navy aviators, conducting test flights, teaching pilots, and even developing his own...
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- Aug 24, 2022
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The Golden Thirteen
In 1944, thirteen Black men helped to desegregate the Navy through their commitment to sheer excellence in blazing a trail for future...
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- Aug 17, 2022
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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, 2022
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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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- Aug 3, 2022
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Buddy Deane: Beloved Radio Host & TV Personality
Buddy Deane, a native of Pine Bluff, was one of the first radio hosts to understand the appeal of Rock n’ Roll in its infancy, the host...
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- Jul 27, 2022
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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, 2022
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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, 2022
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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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