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.
African-Americans; Blacks; VISTA; White Citizens Council; Lee County (Ark.)
The Lee County Citizens Council attempted to force the Volunteers in Service to American (VISTA) to abandon its operations in Marianna, charging the organization encouraged racial strife.
Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock Central High School; Little Rock (Ark.); Emmett E. Miller; White Citizens Council; Hugh Lynn Adams; Mississippi County; Crittenden County; Amis Guthridge; William S. Clark; Ott...
FBI interview with Emmett E. Miller, president of Crittenden County White Citizens Council, regarding the actions of both he and his organization in the events surrounding the integration of Little Rock Central High School.
A sign erected by the Stony Point Community Church near Bigelow, Perry County, Arkansas, urging community members to support Amendment 83 (2004) to the Arkansas constitution, which specifically prohibits same-sex marriages.
Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock Central High School; Little Rock (Ark.); Sweet Home (Ark.) (Ark.); College Station; Tom Downie; Wiley Branton; Jackie L. Shropshire; Thad Williams
Hearing by Pulaski County School Board of petitions filed by the NAACP to integrate Sweet Home and College Station schools.
Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock Central High School; Hugh Lynn Adams; Mississippi County White Citizens Council; Woodrow Wilson Mann; Emmett Miller
FBI interview with Hugh Lynn Adams, president of Mississippi County Citizens Council, regarding his actions in the events surrounding the integration of Little Rock Central High School.
Politics and Government; George Wallace; Segregation
In the 1972 Legislative Session, Rep. Frank Hensee of Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, introduced a resolution praising segregationist Alabama Governor George Wallace. The resolution passed 70-9.
Letter from Earl Hurt in Caddo Gap, Montgomery County, Arkansas, to the editor of Arkansas Faith, a magazine published by the White Citizens Council of Arkansas.
