John Kirk

A UA Little Rock history student is celebrating the completion of his lifelong dream of finishing his college education, a dream that is 50 years in the making.

A group of historians from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have won the Lucille Westbrook Award from the Arkansas Historical Association for the best article manuscript on an … UA Little Rock Historians Win Lucille Westbrook Award from Arkansas Historical Association       

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has chosen Joshua Silverstein, Noureen Siraj, and John Kirk as the 2022 winners of the Faculty Excellence Awards.

Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at UA Little Rock, has published a new book examining the first 44 years of former Arkansas governor Winthrop Rockefeller’s … Kirk Releases New Biography Covering Winthrop Rockefeller’s New York Life

Every year since being established in 1989, UA Little Rock celebrates the most influential and highest achieving professors in the university by presenting them with its highest award possible—the Faculty … Kirk, Wiebelhaus-Brahm, and Glazier Win 2022 CHASSE Faculty Excellence Awards

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of History will host a roundtable discussion to talk about the historical significance of the 2020 election cycle.

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor will give a Feb. 4 lecture that explores how historians approach and understand the civil rights movement.

On March 5, 1959, a horrific fire broke out at the Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville, just 12 miles south of Little Rock, that left 21 children, ages 13 … UA Little Rock professors featured in CNN docuseries investigating tragic Wrightsville fire that left 21 black boys dead

As the director of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity and Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History, Dr. John Kirk often serves as an … UA Little Rock professors featured in podcasts recalling city’s conflicted past

When Jimmy Cunningham Jr. once visited Hawaii, a group of Hawaiian children surprised him with their ideas on how black people act.