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The African American population of Arkansas would grow in proportion, comprising 110,000 and 25% of the population in 1860 on the eve of the American Civil War. African Americans lived throughout the state, and were primarily made to work on cotton plantations; some were made to work skilled trades. Living conditions were barely adequate for ...
This is a list of notable people from Arkansas. Individuals on this list are either native-born Arkansans or emigrants who moved to Arkansas as their permanent home ...
Flag of Little Rock, Arkansas The following people were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Little Rock (categorized by area in which each person is best known): This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Actors, musicians and others in the entertainment ...
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "African-American history of Arkansas" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
A group that integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 when it was segregated by race has come out to decry Arkansas barring AP African American studies from counting toward credit for ...
Ernest Gideon Green (born September 22, 1941) is one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Green was the first African-American to graduate from the school in 1958.
Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. This article focuses on 10 whose excellence made them household names and changed their sports forever.
Edith Mae Irby was born on December 23, 1927, near Conway in Faulkner County, Arkansas, to Mattie (née Buice) and Robert Irby.Her childhood was difficult: at the age of eight, she lost her father; an older sister died at 12 years of age from typhoid fever; and Irby herself suffered from rheumatic fever as a child.