Land of (Unequal) Opportunity

- T.H. Barton Letter to Supporter regarding denying voting rights to African-Americans
- Voting Rights; African-Americans; Blacks
- Senatorial candidate T.H. Barton, of Lion Oil Company, expresses his views on deying voting rights to African-Americans.
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- Letter to Gov. Homer Adkins regarding voting rights for African-Americans
- Voting Rights; Blacks; African-Americans; T.H. Barton; Politics and Government
- A letter from C.E. Webb of Pine Bluff encouraging Gov. Homer Adkins to call a special session so the Arkansas Legislature can enact laws to deny voting rights to African-Americans.
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- Searcy Designates Separate Drinking Facilities
- Blacks; African-Americans; Searcy; Segregation
- In 1891, the small town of Searcy in White County, outlawed African-Americans from drinking from the same city spring as its white citizens.
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- Acts of Arkansas 1867
- Civil Rights; African-Americans; Blacks; Marriage; Suffrage
- Arkansas Act 35 defining the rights of newly freed African-Americans as citizens.
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- Montage of Black Arkansas Legislators in 1891
- Blacks; African-Americans; Politics and Government; J.G. Lucas; Jefferson County; George W. Bell; B.F. Adair; Pulaski County; R.C. Weddington; Chicot County; G.W. Love; Monroe County; J.N. Donohoo; Phillips County; S.L. Woolfolk; Jefferson County;...
- Photo montage, published in Indianapolis, Indiana-based newspaper The Freeman, highlighting the eleven African-Americans serving in the 1891 Arkansas Legislature.
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- Negro Suffrage Not a Matter of Political Principle
- Suffrage; Blacks; African-Americans; Politics and Government
- Article advocating that suffrage for African-Americans is not a matter of political principle, but rather is a tool to bolster the Radical Republicans.
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- South Carolina Emigrants on Way to Arkansas
- Blacks; African-Americans; Migration
- Article in the New York Times regarding 100 African-Americans emigrating from South Carolina to Arkansas.
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- James T. White's Black Suffrage Speech
- Civil Rights; Suffrage; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.); Constitutional Convention; James T. White; Reconstruction
- Speech given by James T. White on suffrage for African-Americans at the 1868 Arkansas Constitutional Convention.
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- Woman lynched near Little Rock ca. 1900.
- African-Americans; Blacks; Lynching
- Undated newspaper article describing an Arkansas lynching.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Tillman Bill
- Civil Rights; African-Americans; Blacks Separate Coach Law
- A notice inviting black citizens of Little Rock to comment on the "Separate Car Bill" (Tillman Bill).
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- Arkansas Legislators Laud Governor Wallace
- White Citizens Council; Civil Rights; African-Americans; Blacks
- Arkansas legislators pass resolution praising Alabama Governor George Wallace, 1973.
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- Protesting Students Dispersed in Marianna
- White Citizens Council; Civil Rights; African-Americans; Blacks; Lee County (Ark.)
- Black student protesters at Marianna high-school are dispersed by authorities, from White Citizens Council magazine, 1972.
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- Faubus Bates Broadside
- Daisy Bates; Orval Faubus; Civil Rights; Integration; African-Americans; Blacks; Segregationists
- Broadside photo depicting Daisy Bates and Orval Faubus with unidentified third person meeting in governor's office, 1959.
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- Letter Praising University of Arkansas for Integration
- Integration; Civil Rights; University of Arkansas; African-Americans; Blacks; Fayetteville (Ark.)
- Letter from female Methodist leader regarding admission of black students to the University of Arkansas, 1948.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Two State Officials protest admission of blacks to University of Arkansas
- Integration; Civil Rights; University of Arkansas; African-Americans; Blacks; Fayetteville (Ark.)
- Telegram from Arkansas State Auditor J. Oscar Humphrey and State Treasurer J. Vance Clayton protesting admittance of black students to the University of Arkansas, 1948.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Letter praising integration of University of Arkansas
- Integration; Civil Rights; University of Arkansas; African-Americans; Blacks; Fayetteville (Ark.)
- Letter from William H. Williams of Tall Timber Jersey Farm regarding admittance of black students to the University of Arkansas, 1948.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Letter endorsing Herbert Thomas' integration plan
- Integration; Civil Rights; Little Rock Central High School; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.)
- Letter from Marion L. Crist to Herbert Thomas, praising Thomas's moderate efforts to end Central High School Crisis, 1958.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Letters endorsing Herbert Thomas integration plans
- Integration; Civil Rights; Littole Rock Central High School; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.)
- Letter from William H. McLean to Herbert Thomas praising Thomas' plans to resolve Central High School Crisis, 1958.
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- Adolphine Fletcher Terry letter on racial situation
- Civil Rights; Integration; Little Rock Central High School; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.); Daisy Bates; Christopher C. Mercer; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Herbert Thomas
- Letter from Adolphine Terry describing April 10 meeting of an interracial group at Dunbar Community Center.
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- Herbert Thomas letter admits defeat of his program
- Civil Rights; Integration; Little Rock Central High School; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.); Arkansas Plan
- Form letter used by Herbert Thomas to acknowledge a lack of organization support for his integration proposal, "The Arkansas Plan," 1958.
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