Arkansas

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  12/4/2022
  

  What the Jerry Jones Photo Shows About Historical Inequity in the NFL

  Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has explained his presence in an anti-integration mob as an innocent coincidence. As the most powerful owner in the NFL, he likewise leads an organization that exhibits racial inequality without anyone feeling responsible for it. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/30/2022
  

  1957 Jerry Jones Photo Shows How Close The Past Really Is

  "We know, at least in the abstract, what happened in the days and years after this photo of Jones was taken. He was there and he is here."

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• SOURCE: Civil Eats
  7/27/2022
  

  A Century After the Elaine Massacre, Black Farmers in Arkansas Demand Justice

  The Elaine Massacre was one incident a longer process of land theft from Black farmers in Arkansas, using instruments ranging from fraudulent records to mob violence. 

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• 8/7/2022
  

  A Writer Reflects on Four Enlightening and Challenging Lunches with the Father of Black Liberation Theology

  by J. Chester Johnson

  The author shared Arkansas roots with the influential theologian and teacher, from opposite sides of the color line. Their exchanges showed the possibilities of reconciliation and the height of the barriers created by racism in Americans' shared history.

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• 9/5/2021
  

  The Generosity of James Loewen

  by Guy Lancaster

  James Loewen didn't put ideals of prestige over his "deadly earnest desire to find and expose manifestations of American racism that had, for so long, gone unnoticed and unexplored by most scholars." His generosity went hand in hand with his widespread impact.

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• SOURCE: The Root
  2/6/2021
  

  Students Protest Firing of Arkansas Teacher Who Called Lawmakers Out Over 1619 Project Curriculum

  "Your recent bill is an appalling attempt to FURTHER whitewash history. It is absolutely nothing less than an attempt to codify white supremacy in Arkansas schools. Stay the f*** out of my curriculum," teacher Josh Depner wrote. 

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• 9/27/2020
  

  An Open Letter to Congressman French Hill on the 1919 Elaine Massacre and the Dangers of “Patriotic” History

  by Guy Lancaster

  Historian Guy Lancaster found a letter of praise from his Congressman tough to take in light of the elected representative's disregard for racial justice.

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• SOURCE: Bloomberg
  9/21/2020
  

  Look What Has Been Taken From Black Americans

  It's difficult to quantify the financial cost to Black Americans of racism and segregation. But the destruction of property and denial of trade by white mobs in Elaine, Arkansas in 1919 was quantified by Ida B. Wells-Barnett; her findings can put the scope of a reparations program into some perspective.

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• 9/13/2020
  

  The Garbage Troop: Segregation, Primatology, and Republican Rhetoric

  by Guy Lancaster

  Donald Trump and his Republican Party are not afraid that Joe Biden’s election will destroy America. They’re afraid that it won’t. 

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• SOURCE: WCRB
  6/8/2020
  

  Little Rock Nine Members Question How Far We've Come 63 Years After Broking Racial Barriers

  Daily images of police pushing back protesters with excessive force have also resulted in a surge of traumatic memories for some members of the Little Rock Nine.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/4/2020
  

  The Damage Trump Has Done This Week Extends Far Beyond America’s Borders

  by Mary L. Dudziak

  Concern that Orval Faubus's defiant stand for school segregation in Arkansas would sully America's reputation abroad pushed Dwight Eisenower to deploy the National Guard in the interest of both racial justice and American leadership. Calls to deploy the military today must consider this context.

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• 10/6/19
  

  Evil in the Delta: Elaine, Arkansas, 1919

  by Michael K. Honey

  One hundred years ago, in the “Red Summer” of 1919, rampaging whites killed hundreds and perhaps thousands of African Americans in pogroms and race riots.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  September 30, 2019
  

  The Forgotten History of America’s Worst Racial Massacre

  by Nan Elizabeth Woodruff

  Hundreds of black citizens were killed in Elaine, Arkansas, a century ago this week.

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• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  9/16/19
  

  Making a People's History: Community Archives and Movement Activism in Arkansas

  by Acadia Roher

  How the Arkansas People’s History Project utilizes public history and engagement. 

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• SOURCE: The Root
  12-14-16
  

  Arkansas School Board Member’s Blackface Photo Leads to Calls for Resignation

  Ted Bonner, an Arkansas school board member, was called on to resign after dressing up in blackface at a Halloween party.

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• SOURCE: University of Arkansas
  11-26-13
  

  C. Fred Williams, Arkansas historian, dies

  Williams spent more than 40 years at the University of Arkansas.

• SOURCE: Arkansas Times
  4-22-13
  

  New Arkansas state historian chosen

  LITTLE ROCK — Dr. Ray Granade, chair of the Arkansas History Commission, and Richard Davies, Director of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, announced today the hiring of Dr. Lisa K. Speer as the new State Historian and Director of the History Commission. Speer succeeds Dr. Wendy Richter, who resigned in December, 2012. The Arkansas History Commission is the official state archives, with research facilities in Little Rock, Powhatan, and Washington, Arkansas.Born in Fayetteville, Dr. Speer grew up near Malvern, graduated from Glen Rose High School and then from Ouachita Baptist University in 1988 with a degree in History. She earned an MA and PhD in American History from the University of Mississippi, where she worked as Curator of the Mississippi Collection in the University’s Archives and Special Collections. She then earned an MA in Library and Information Studies with archival certification from the University of Alabama, where she worked as an archival technician. For just over a dozen years, Dr. Speer has directed the Special Collections and Archives at Southeast Missouri State University....