Institute on Race and Ethnicity

The voice of actor George Takei gave my colleagues and me a guided tour during our visit to the Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Center in Desha County.

Activist Angela Davis made time for a class visit, where she answered questions from UALR students. That face-to-face meeting left a mark on guest blogger Tracy Nash.

Angela Davis, an iconic figure in the social activist movement of the 1960s and 1970s, will speak Oct. 25 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Members of the Little Rock Nine, L.C. and Daisy Bates, and Christopher Mercer Jr. will be honored at the Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Commemoration July 14.

UALR’s Institute on Race and Ethnicity will honor Arkansas civil rights leaders at the Civil Rights Heritage Commemoration, Saturday, July 14.

Adjoa A. Aiyetoro, founding director of the UALR Institute on Race and Ethnicity, has been named one of AY Magazine’s Powerful Women for 2012.

Race, ethnicity, and the Arkansas media will be the focus of the ninth annual Conference on Racial Attitudes in Pulaski County, Thursday, March 15. The conference is presented by the … Register for Racial Attitudes Conference

The UALR Department of History will soon offer a new minor in Race and Ethnicity. Faculty are invited to submit courses they would like added to the minor’s list of … Submit Courses for New Race, Ethnicity Minor

Patricia Smith, Pushcart Prize winner and four-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam, will read some of her works at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in UALR’s Fine Arts Building. A reception and book signing will follow.

Students are invited to submit works for the cover of the next Racial Attitudes in Pulaski County Conference.