“This is your new school.”
These were the words that echoed off the eardrums of a 12-year-old LaVerne Bell-Tolliver in the summer of 1961, while sitting in the backseat of her parents’ station wagon as they drove past Forest Heights Junior High School, one of five all-white junior high schools in Little Rock.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock students have a chance to win a free trip to New York City to explore sites important to African-American history. Continue reading “UA Little Rock students have chance to win trip to New York City”
While writing about the need for America to have museums that focus on African American history, Rebecca Doyne expressed how easy it is to feel lost without a way to discover the struggles and triumphs of the people who came before you. Continue reading “Students win trip to Museum of African American History and Culture”
Angela Walker fondly remembers her grandfather, William “Sonny” Walker, was her family’s “personal hero.” Continue reading “Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Trail honorees remembered for strides in economic advancement”
Dr. James Ross, history professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will hold a talk on 1960s-era desegregation in Little Rock schools. Continue reading “History professor to discuss 1960s desegregation in Little Rock schools”
To kick off Black History Month, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity announced 10 names will be added to the Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Trail.
Continue reading “Ten honorees added to Civil Rights Heritage Trail”