2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (45+ words) MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. Her death. .. Claudette Colvin, 86, civil rights icon, dies 1955 arrest helped spark…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (555+ words) JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi's warts-and-all approach to reflecting its history as part of the state's official commemoration of the nation's 250th anniversary is a stark contrast with what has taken place at the national level since President Donald Trump returned to the…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago  (79+ words) At a time when Americans are being exhorted to remember only our nation's positive past, a landmark Arkansas antebellum mansion conveys a full and honest history of the plantation's owner and his slaves. ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: Lakeport Plantation " A look back…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago  (61+ words) April 30 marked the 50th anniversary of the fall of South Vietnam to the North Vietnamese Communists. Its ensuing refugee crisis was the beginning of the Vietnamese Diaspora. The panic of flight found many forms, but it is certainly symbolized by the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (828+ words) ARKANSAS A -Z: Lake Winona source of Central Arkansas drinking water'The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ARKANSAS A -Z: Lake Winona source of Central Arkansas drinking water Lake Winona is a man-made lake located 35 miles west of Little Rock in the Ouachita National Forest near…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (103+ words) Arkansas Postcard Past: Johnson in 1910 The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Arkansas Postcard Past: Johnson in 1910 Johnson, 1910: From the small Washington County community went this postcard to Miss Ethel Carelie of Springdale. "Hello, know you will be pleased to get this old thing....

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (209+ words) Texarkana, circa 1915: The city was showing off its new "80 hp Triple Combination Pumping Engine Hose Wagon " Speed one mile per Minute " Cost $8, 000." Adjusted for inflation, $8, 000 would equal around $250, 000 today. Arkansas Postcard Past: Texarkana, circa 1915 Texarkana, circa 1915: The city was showing…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (103+ words) UALR's Sequoyah National Research Center compiles data on WWI Native American and Alaskan military personnel'The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette UALR's Sequoyah National Research Center compiles data on WWI Native American and Alaskan military personnel On Aug. 5, 1918, Robert Emil Bruce wrote a letter…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (64+ words) PAPER TRAILS: Carroll County museum uncovers U. S. flag that survived Pacific Theater of World War II'The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette PAPER TRAILS: Carroll County museum uncovers U. S. flag that survived Pacific Theater of World War II Sean Clancy is a features reporter who also…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (31+ words) Researchers to investigate Philippines site to locate remains of Arkansas soldier missing since WWII'The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Researchers to investigate Philippines site to locate remains of Arkansas soldier missing since WWII...