The February 4, 1962 business meeting minutes of the First Baptist Church in Arkadelphia, regarding the acceptance of Africans Mike and Ruth Makosholo, who integrated Ouachita Baptist University.
Education; Blacks; African-Americans; Integration; Conway; Arkansas State Teachers College; Joseph N. Manley; Pine Street School
Joseph Norman Manley, a 1954 graduate of the segregated Pine Street School in Conway, was accepted as the first black student at Arkansas State Teachers College (now University of Central Arkansas) in 1956.
Silas Hunt; Harold Flowers; Wiley Branton; University of Arkansas; Law; Education; Integration; African-Americans; Blacks
Pine Bluff attorneys Harold Flowers, left, and Wiley Branton, right, watch as Silas Hunt completes paperwork to attend the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1948. Hunt was the first African American to attend the law school in Fayetteville.
Little Rock (Ark.) Nine; Little Rock Central High School; African-Americans; Blacks; Education; Integration
Ernest Green was one of the nine African American students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Green became the first black graduate of the school in 1958.
Gays and Lesbians; Homosexuality; Politics and Government; Women; Little Rock (Ark.)
Button issued by the Kathy Webb Campaign during her successful run to become the first openly lesbian member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 2006.
Gays and Lesbians; Homosexuality; Eureka Springs (Ark.)
The city of Eureka Springs became the first city in Arkansas to offer domestic partnerships to same-sex couples, when it enacted Ordinance 2052 in 2007.
Integration; Blacks; African-Americans; Education; Little Rock Central High School; Violence
FBI report summarizing the events from September 6 to October 2, 1957, relating to the first few days after nine black students integrated Central High School, with particular emphasis on threats and violence aimed at the students.
