A $1,300 grant from the National Endowment for Humanities brings the immigration program series, “Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration Experience,” to Little Rock. The grant was awarded to UA Little Rock’s Ottenheimer Library and Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity, as well as the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS), El Zocalo, and Philander Smith College. Continue reading “UA Little Rock, community partners to host six-week film, discussion series on immigration in America”
The next UA Little Rock Evenings with History lecture series will explore how to define the expansion of the American empire on Tuesday, March 5. Continue reading “Evenings with History lecture will explore how to define the American empire”
Arkansas is well known for its location on the Trail of Tears, the pathway the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes traveled through the state in the 1830s to new lands in the Indian Territory in modern-day Oklahoma. Continue reading “UA Little Rock class investigates Arkansas’s ‘other Trail of Tears’”
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock graduate student is shedding light on long-overlooked contributions black communities in Arkansas made to the World War I effort. Continue reading “UA Little Rock researcher uncovers history of black activism during World War I”
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 thought of attending graduate school while working full time and raising a family is daunting for many, but Crystal Shurley has found a way to thrive in that situation. Continue reading “Grad is archiving the past while looking toward the future”
Research by University of Arkansas at Little Rock Professor Dr. Brian Mitchell was instrumental to the awarding of a posthumous Purple Heart to a black veteran from Pine Bluff.
Little Rock’s Robinson Center unveiled a new permanent exhibit on Friday, Nov. 9, that is the result of research and creative work by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Collections and Archives and the Department of Art and Design. Continue reading “History on display”
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock history professor and his graduate students are making headway into a mystery 99 years in the making. Continue reading “UA Little Rock professor, students discover locations of missing Elaine 12 graves”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Diversity Council will host a lunch and learn session with Dr. Brian Mitchell, professor of history, who will discuss the 1919 Elaine Massacre. Continue reading “Mitchell to discuss Elaine Massacre in Diversity Council lecture”
