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- Appeals Decision on Susie Morris' Equal Pay Lawsuit
- African-Americans; Education; Sue Morris
- The U.S. Court of Appeals supported Susie Morris' lawsuit against the Little Rock School District. Morris, an African American teacher with district, filed a lawsuit in 1942, alleging a discrepancy in pay between black and white teachers. A lower...
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Convention of Colored Citizens Proceedings
- African-Americans; Rev. J.T. White; Rev. W.W. Andrews; Nathan Warren; Gov. Isaac Murphy; William H. Grey; Black Suffrage
- Proceedings of the Convention of Colored Citizens held in Little Rock, November 30-December 2, 1865.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Ku Klux Klan Rally on Steps of Arkansas State Capitol
- Bigotry; Racism; Ku Klux Klan; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- A rally by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, headquartered in Harrison, held on the steps of the Arkansas State Capitol to coincide with the NAACP's Juneteenth Celebration.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Racist Card Celebrating the Expulsion of the One of the Little Rock Nine from School
- Bigotry; Racism; Little Rock Central High School; Blacks; Desegregation
- Racist card celebrating the expulsion of Minniejean Brown, one of the Little Rock Nine, from Central High School in 1958.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- 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.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Central High School
- Central High School; Little Rock (Ark.) (Ark.); African-Americans; Integration
- A panoramic view of the front of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Private School Fund Donors
- Central High School; Little Rock (Ark.); African-Americans; Integration
- Gov. Orval Faubus with contributors to a fund to create private schools in Little Rock.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Black Democrats Seek Access to Democratic Primary
- Civil Rights; African-Americans; Blacks; Democratic Party; Arkansas Negro Democratic Association; Joe C. Barrett; Homer Atkins
- Article describing efforts by the Arkansas Negro Democratic Association to vote in 1942 Democratic primary.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Civil Rights - The Case of Capt. Brown
- Civil Rights; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.)
- Article describing the case against Capt. L.R. Brown, conductor on the Cairo & Fulton Railroad, who refused to serve black passengers
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Railroad conductor arrested for civil rights violation
- Civil Rights; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.)
- An article describing the circumstances leading to the arrest of Cairo and Fulton Railroad conductor L.R. Brown.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Civil Rights Again:White and Black Man
- Civil Rights; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.)
- An article describing the court case of a white and black man refused service at a local saloon.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Acts of Arkansas 1867
- Civil Rights; African-Americans; Blacks; Marriage; Suffrage
- Arkansas Act 35 defining the rights of newly freed African-Americans as citizens.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Negroes Bolt The GOP Convention
- Civil Rights; African-Americans; Blacks; Republican Party
- Article describing black/white schism at Arkansas state Republican nominating convention occurring when "lilly white" nominees from Pulaski County were elected as delegates to the national convention in Chicago.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- 1873 Civil Rights Bill Is Now Law
- Civil Rights; Blacks; African-Americans; Gov. Elisha Baxter; Reconstruction
- Brief mention in the Arkansas Gazette of the newly-enacted Civil Rights Law of 1873.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Civil Rights Meeting Announced
- Civil Rights; Blacks; African-Americans; Little Rock (Ark.); Bethel A.M.E. Church; Reconstruction
- Brief announcement in the Arkansas Gazette of a scheduled meeting to discuss the civil rights question.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Civil Rights Meeting Held
- Civil Rights; Blacks; African-Americans; Little Rock (Ark.); Jacob Chapline; Bethel A.M.E. Church; Reconstruction; Railroad Segregation; J.T. Jenifer; E.A. Fulton; Jack Agery; Jerome Lewis; Nathan Warren
- Arkansas Gazette article describing efforts to form an organization designed to test the limits of the newly-enacted Arkansas Civil Rights Law of 1873.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Text of Civil Rights Law of 1868
- Civil Rights; Blacks; African-Americans; Reconstruction; Little Rock (Ark.); Public Accomodations
- Article in the Arkansas Gazette questioning the need for proposed civil rights legislation in 1873, when a similar law from 1868 was still in effect.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Civil Rights Bill of 1873 Test Case
- Civil Rights; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.); Reconstruction; James R. Roland; W.H. Furbush; Lloyd Wheeler
- Article describing efforts of state Senator R.A. Dawson to establish a test case for the newly enacted Civil Rights Bill of 1873.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- 101st Airborne Convoy
- Civil Rights; Central High School; Integration; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.)
- Photograph taken of a convoy of 101st Airborne trucks arriving in Little Rock.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
- Brooks Hays September 12, 1959
- Civil Rights; Desegregation; Little Rock Central High School
- Photograph of Brooks Hays, dated Sept. 12, 1959.
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity