Center for Arkansas History and Culture to launch interactive workshops
The UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) has been awarded $9,415.20 by the Arkansas Community Foundation’s Bridge Fund Endowment to design and lead a new interactive workshop, “Teaching a Web of Arkansas History.”
UALR’s Center for Arkansas History and Culture hosts congressman, other panelists
Former U.S. Congressman Vic Snyder was among several featured panelists exploring the steamboat’s influence on Arkansas in a day-long educational symposium at the Arkansas Studies Institute building.
Steamboat symposium to feature former congressman and others
The invention of Robert Fulton’s steamboat in 1807 is one of the defining moments in American history, a development that held ramifications for many states, Arkansas included.
‘Human rights crisis’ community discussions open to public
Little Rock-area residents have the opportunity to hear from one of the founders of an organization working to stop migrant suffering and death on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Public invited to Latino history sessions
Latino history will be in the spotlight as part of free public events organized by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Center for Arkansas History and Culture and partner organizations.
Ottenheimer Library grant boosts student GIS research
Staff members of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Collections and Archives division plan to create a service to improve students’ research capabilities.
Kirk releases book about Dr. King, grassroots civil rights movement
A new book by Dr. John Kirk, “Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement,” examines King’s leadership and the collective actions of individuals and organizations on the grassroots level who contributed to the national movement.
Ledbetter collection opens at history center
The UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture revealed its newest collection, donated by educator, scholar, and legislator Calvin R. Ledbetter Jr., at a reception held at the Arkansas Studies Institute Tuesday evening, April 30.
Videos Recount Japanese American Internment
The UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture is releasing a series of video interviews on Japanese American internment in Arkansas during World War II. The first video features an interview with an individual who was forced to move to the camp when he was 13 years old.
UALR Trio Interviewed for BBC Program on Johnny Cash
An article by UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture archivist Dr. Colin Woodward helped inspire an upcoming BBC radio program about the lesser-known prison concerts of Arkansas native Johnny Cash.