Land of (Unequal) Opportunity

- Little Rock White Leaders Petition to Expel Free Blacks
- Racism; Slavery; African-Americans; Blacks; Free Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.); Albert Pike; Thomas J. Churchill; Peter Hanger; Benjamin F. Danley
- Circular published in the Arkansas Gazette decrying the influence of "free colored persons" in Arkansas and calling for their expulsion.
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- 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.
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- African American Students in Marianna arrested
- White Citizens Council; Marianna (Ark.); Lee County (Ark.); Blacks; African-Americans; Education
- An assembly of black students from Marianna, Lee County, demonstrate and were dispersed by local authories.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Black Speaker Demands Voting Rights for Blacks in Reconstruction Constitution
- Civil Rights; Suffrage; Blacks; Reconstruction; Jesse N. Cypert
- William H. Grey speech on suffrage for African-Americans during the Arkansas Constitutional Convention of 1868.
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- Congressman Oren Harris Opposes Integrated Entertainment
- Racism; Bigotry; Anti-Semitism; Blacks; American Nationalist
- Arkansan J.J. Babb of El Dorado complained to Congressman Harris about blacks and Jews playing an undue role in modern entertainment.
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- Article on Racially Mixed Schools Debate in Arkansas Senate
- Education; Blacks; African-Americans; Integration; Politics and Government
- Article published in the Arkansas Gazette reporting on the discussion in the Arkansas Senate regarding a "mixed school bill," which would allow for whites and blacks students in the same schools.
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- Admission Of Blacks To The University Of Arkansas
- Desegregation; Racism; Education; African-Americans; Blacks; Clifford Davis; Lewis Webster Jones; Jay W. Dickey; ; Wiley Branton; ; Arkansas AM&N College; Silas Hunt; Edith Irby Jones; Henry Clay Chenault
- University of Arkansas Trustee Herbert L. Thomas recalls the integration of the UA Law School, Medical School, and general campus.
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- Black Workers Driven from Sawmill Jobs
- Racism; African-Americans; Blacks; Poinsett County; Whitecapping
- New York Times article describing arrest of eleven prominent white planters on charges of "whitecapping" for forcing blacks from sawmill jobs.
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- South Carolina Backs Migrate to Arkansas
- Migration; Blacks; African-Americans; Exodus
- Article in the New York Times regarding the exodus of blacks from South Carolina to Arkansas, where they poor economic and political conditions.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Mrs. Homer Lassiter's Defends Segregation
- Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock Central High School; Little Rock (Ark.); Religion
- Letter from Mrs. Homer Lassiter providing biblical justification for status of blacks as second-class citizens, and other social commentary.
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- Black Immigrants to 1885 Arkansas Face Difficulties
- Civil; Rights; Racism; Discrimination; African-Americans; Blacks; Immigration; South Carolina; Pope County; Conway County
- A New York Times article reports that conditions in Arkansas for blacks emigrating from South Carolina are difficult.
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- Racist poem about the integration of Little Rock Central High School
- Racism; Civil Rights; Integration; Little Rock Central High School; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.)
- Racist poem about blacks at Little Rock Central High School interacting with white female students.
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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.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- 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
- 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.
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- 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.
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