UA Little Rock’s Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity will host the next Plain Talk Lecture Series on Wednesday, March 27, at noon in Ottenheimer Library 202 as part of the university’s ongoing celebration of Diversity Week. Continue reading “Plain Talk Lecture to Discuss Diversity in the Civil Rights Movement”
A $1,300 grant from the National Endowment for Humanities brings the immigration program series, “Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration Experience,” to Little Rock. The grant was awarded to UA Little Rock’s Ottenheimer Library and Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity, as well as the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS), El Zocalo, and Philander Smith College. Continue reading “UA Little Rock, community partners to host six-week film, discussion series on immigration in America”
This February, UA Little Rock will join the rest of the nation in celebration of the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. Several events will be held throughout the month to celebrate Black History Month. Continue reading “UA Little Rock to celebrate Black History Month”
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor will discuss how truth commissions can promote racial reconciliation in the U.S. during the next “Plain Talk on Race and Ethnicity” lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 27. Continue reading “Wiebelhaus-Brahm to discuss how truth commissions can promote racial reconciliation in last ‘Plain Talk on Race and Ethnicity’ lecture”
Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity to co-sponsor mayoral debate on race, diversity, and equity
The UA Little Rock Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity is partnering with the Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission of the City of Little Rock to host a mayoral debate on issues of race, diversity, and equity Thursday, Oct. 11, at Philander Smith College. Continue reading “Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity to co-sponsor mayoral debate on race, diversity, and equity”
Lawrence Ross, the author of “Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America’s Campuses,” will give a lecture and book signing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Wednesday, Oct. 3. Continue reading “‘Blackballed’ author to visit UA Little Rock”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity will kick off its 2018 lecture series with a talk on how to use objective measures to determine the existence of potential bias in police behaviors. Continue reading “Quintanar to launch fall “Plain Talk on Race and Ethnicity” lecture series”
Dr. Joel Anderson, chancellor emeritus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, was highlighted as the 2018 honoree of the Blue Ribbon Bash for the Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation. Continue reading “Chancellor Emeritus Anderson honored at Blue Ribbon Bash”
Eight University of Arkansas at Little Rock students who won a Black History Month essay contest took a free trip to explore African-American history in New York City. Continue reading “UA Little Rock essay contest winners explore African-American history in New York City”
The Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Trail, a project of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity, has been named a part of the new U.S. Civil Rights Trail. Continue reading “Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Trail joins new U.S. Civil Rights Trail”