1 day ago3 minBarbara Hendricks: A Class ActBarbara Hendricks is a world class opera singer from Arkansas who has garnered critical acclaim and performed in opera houses around the...
5 days ago3 minWhy A Pine Bluff Field Trip Can Teach Kids More About Black HistoryImage Credit: Trikosko, Marion S.. No changes were made to the image. Why A Pine Bluff Field Trip Can Teach Kids More About Black History...
Jun 153 minEllis CeDell Davis: A Unique Talent Ellis CeDell Davis was one of the most resilient and uniquely talented blues artists to ever hail from Arkansas. Image Credit:...
Apr 133 minAmanda Trulock: An Unconventional Arkansas Plantation OwnerAmanda Trulock is remembered for being an unconventional Arkansas woman of her time. She held nuanced conflicted views about slavery,...
Apr 65 minWild Bill Hickok: A Gunslinging Legend of the Wild WestBorn almost 2 centuries ago, Wild Bill Hickok is still remembered as a great lawman and a feared gunslinger, sometimes with either foot...
Mar 303 minMarian Etiole Watson: A Paragon of Entertainment NewsMarian Etiole Watson has made a name for herself as an award-winning journalist and a household name among New York’s pop culture elite...
Mar 233 minBeth Brickell: Pine Bluff Entertainer Extraordinaire Beth Brickell made a huge and lasting impact on the entertainment industry, starring in television shows and movies, and going on to...
Mar 163 minMadam M. E. Hockenhull: A Pine Bluff Business Woman Ahead of Her TimeThis astute Pine Bluff entrepreneur owned a clothing store, beauty parlor, and beauty school all while designing women's attire,...
Mar 23 minLillian Rozell Messenger: A Prolific American PoetLillian Rozell Messenger made her mark in American literature throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, just as women began to...
Feb 23 minDr. Carter G. Woodson & The Rich History of Black History MonthWoodson, the child of enslaved people, achieved much his parents couldn’t. He became a celebrated Black historian, was the second African...
Jan 264 minJ. Mayo “Ink” Williams: Pioneering Blues Record Producer from Pine BluffJ. Mayo “Ink” Williams not only goes down in the annals of history as a great professional athlete, but as a better blues and jazz record...
Jan 194 minDr. Martin Luther King Jr. & AM&N College: A Historic Stop on His Civil Rights JourneyDr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1958 commencement address at Arkansas AM&N College inspired hundreds of students and gave the college the...
Aug 25, 20213 minWilkerson v. the State of ArkansasThis 1947 landmark case put an end to the practice of excluding African Americans from juries, which had been ongoing since Reconstruction.
Aug 11, 20213 minMeet C.C. Mercer, Jr.He was one of the Six Pioneers who helped integrate the University of Arkansas Law School, and key advisor to Daisy Bates.
Aug 4, 20213 minWinona Sammon: The Not-Quite-It GirlThis Pine Bluff native was supposed to be the next big thing in Hollywood in the 1920s, but things didn't turn out as planned.
Jul 28, 20213 minCleon Flowers: The Godfather of Arkansas MedicineDr. Cleon A. Flowers Sr. spent nearly six decades lovingly tending to patients.
Jul 21, 20213 minIrene Rosenzweig: Scholar and BenefactorIrene Rosenzweig excelled during an era when few women pursued lives outside the domestic sphere.
Jul 14, 20213 minTorii Hunter: Baseball All-StarDuring his nineteen-year career, Pine Bluff native Torii Hunter was considered one of major league baseball’s biggest stars.
Jul 7, 20213 minDexter Harding’s Sawdust BridgeA silly superstition predating the Civil War once held the town of Pine Bluff hostage.
Jun 30, 20213 minRaye Jean Montague: A Real-Life Hidden FigureRaye Jean Montague was an American naval engineer credited with creating the first computer-generated rough draft of a U.S. naval ship.