Institute on Race and Ethnicity

Dr. John Kirk, director of the Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will present a lecture on the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock’s Central High School as part of the Evenings with History series. 

In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the integration of Central High School, John Kirk, director of the Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, signed copies of his books on African American civil rights history in Arkansas along with members of the Little Rock Nine.

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor will be one of five panelists discussing crisis media coverage during the integration of Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957. 

This fall, the faculty, staff, and students of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will see a familiar face on campus.

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. 

A retired University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor’s passion for racial justice led her to work with descendants of enslaved Africans, who were sold to benefit Georgetown University 179 years ago.

The Rev. Dr. Bernard LaFayette, co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, will speak about his life and experiences as a leader in the Civil Rights movement March 14, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law. 

Scholars will discuss episodes of racial violence in Arkansas, southeastern Europe, and western Africa during a presentation Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 

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. 

University of Arkansas at Little Rock students have the chance to win a trip to the nation’s capital to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture.