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.

Merrill School was one of four high schools that served black students in the Pine Bluff area.

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

From the early 1900s to the 1980s, the Grand Masonic Temple was the hub for business and commerce for African Americans in Pine Bluff.

The Colored Industrial Institute was one of the first Catholic-supported schools for African American children in Arkansas.

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

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

Henry Jackson Lewis was the nation's first African American political cartoonist. He spent a portion of his adult life in Pine Bluff.

Pine Bluff's WOK was the first radio station in Arkansas, thanks to the the efforts of a visionary power plant executive.

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.

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

If you haven’t seen the ASC, a cultural gem nestled in the heart of downtown Pine Bluff, it’s time you did.

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