William Hansen, an activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), participating in a civil rights demonstration at Arkansas AM&N College in Pine Bluff.
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.
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.
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.
Integration; Association of Citizens Council of Arkansas; Blacks; African-Americans; Violence; Little Rock Central High School; Education; Pine Bluff; Joe Foster
Statement of L.D. Poynter, president of the Association of Citizens' Council of Arkansas, given to the FBI, regarding his involvement in the harrasment of the nine black students integrating Central High School.
Integration; Blacks; African-Americans; Education; Little Rock Central High School; Violence; Arthur J. Bickle; Alex Wilson
Statement of Bobby Jones, reporter with the Pine Bluff Commercial newspaper, given to the FBI regarding him witnessing violence during the integration of Central High School.
Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock Central High School; Joan Kurrus; Martha Bass; Paul Fair
Little Rock's Jefferson Elementary School PTA Legislative Bulletin listing qualification for School Board candidates, and Code of Ethics for School Board members.
