Politics

The Streetcar Boycott of 1903

The Streetcar Boycott of 1903, led by black leaders in Little Rock, boycotted streetcars in Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and Hot Springs...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Getting to Know G.W. "Buddy" Turner, Jr.

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

The Short Life of Lil’ Bobby Hutton

Robert James Hutton packed a lifetime of activism into less than two decades.

Celebrating Rev. Jesse Turner

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

Branton, Branton & Flowers: Civil Rights Advocates

Long before #BlackLivesMatter, three lawyers with Pine Bluff ties were playing key roles in the Civil Rights movement, laying the groundwork

Martha Beall Mitchell: A Pine Bluff Original

One of the Watergate era’s most polarizing figures Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell, the wife of Attorney General John N. Mitchell.

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