Evenings With History Fall Series to Focus on Civil Rights Struggles in Arkansas
UALR has announced lectures for the 2011-2012 Evenings With History series, sponsored by the University History Institute. All lectures will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Ottenheimer Auditorium at the… Read more »
Freedom Rider, Activists Welcomed, Honored Fifty Years Later
When the five Freedom Riders – Rev. Benjamin Elton Cox, Dr. John Curtis Raines, Bliss Ann Malone, Annie Lumpkin and Janet Reinitz – arrived at the old Trailways Bus Station… Read more »
Freedom Riders Article by Kirk Appears in Local Publication
The Arkansas Times cover story this week features an article written by John A. Kirk, UALR Donaghey Professor and chair of history about the Freedom Riders. Read the full story… Read more »
Book Chronicles Arkansas’ Civil Rights Beyond Central High
The University of Arkansas Press has released a new book co-edited by UALR Donaghey Professor of History and Chair John A. Kirk on the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s Arkansas project… Read more »
Student blog
Follow UALR student Amanda Whitley's research of Arkansas in the 1960's. Read more...Photos
