The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a lecture about life on absentee plantations in the Mississippi River on Nov. 5. Continue reading “History lecture to explore characteristics of absentee plantations”
Dr. Katrina Yeaw, assistant professor of Middle Eastern studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will give the talk, “Beyond Benghazi: A Brief History of Modern Libya,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the Historic Arkansas Museum. Continue reading “Libya to be subject of next ‘Evenings with History’ lecture series”
The first Evenings with History lecture series discussion of the new year will cover new research discovered about the Elaine Massacre. Continue reading “Next Evenings with History lecture to explore new research in Elaine Massacre”
The first Evenings with History lecture of the 2018-19 year will explore perjury, forgery, and other forms of deception in early medieval Europe. Continue reading “Evenings with History lecture to discuss truth and deception in early medieval law”
When the Great Depression struck in the 1930s, hunger, unemployment, and misery swept the nation. President Franklin Roosevelt responded to the terror by establishing the New Deal, a plan that included the passing of banking reforms, emergency relief, work relief, and agricultural programs.
Continue reading “History lecture to discuss women in leadership during Great Depression”
After the 1957 desegregation of Central High School, a coalition of blacks and whites banned together to elect school board members who would comply with federal court orders and work to completely desegregate schools in Arkansas’ capital. To fulfill these requests, the school board hired a team of researchers from the University of Oregon to construct the most effective plan to fully desegregate the Little Rock School District. Continue reading “History professor to discuss 1967 Little Rock School Board crisis”
When the Great Depression struck in the 1930s, hunger, unemployment, and misery swept the nation. President Franklin Roosevelt responded to the terror by establishing the New Deal, a plan that included the passing of banking reforms, emergency relief, work relief, and agricultural programs.
Continue reading “History lecture to discuss women in leadership during Great Depression”
Evenings with History lecture to discuss French royal family escape attempt during French Revolution
The next Evenings with History series will explore King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette’s daring attempt to escape from France in the midst of the French Revolution. Continue reading “Evenings with History lecture to discuss French royal family escape attempt during French Revolution”
In ancient Greece, an oracle was considered the bridge between the gods and goddesses and the mortals who worshipped them. Continue reading “Next Evenings with History lecture will tackle the mystery of Alexander the Great’s visit to the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon”
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. Continue reading “John Kirk to reflect on 60th anniversary of desegregation of Central High School”