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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.
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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....