Officials in Little Rock hope to obtain from the National Park Service a designation of national significance for the property that today serves as Dunbar Magnet Middle School, members of the Little Rock Historic District Commission were told on Thursday.
Officials in Little Rock hope to obtain from the National Park Service a designation of national significance for the property that today serves as Dunbar Magnet Middle School, members of the Little Rock Historic District Commission were told on Thursday.
It s a breezy Friday afternoon in November, getting cooler by the hour. Under a leaden sky, near the apex of where East 13th Street and Curtis Sykes Drive converge in North Little Rock, I take a photograph of a street sign that says, "Welcome to Dark Hollow."
Aprille Hanson
Sophronia Williams, 91, smiles Dec. 30 at her church, Our Lady of Good Counsel in Little Rock. Williams broke barriers in nursing throughout her 46-year career, becoming the first or second Black nurse at multiple hospitals.
Aprille Hanson
Sophronia Williams, 91, smiles Dec. 30 at her church, Our Lady of Good Counsel in Little Rock. Williams broke barriers in nursing throughout her 46-year career, becoming the first or second Black nurse at multiple hospitals.
Sophronia Williams does not consider herself a trailblazer. But by all accounts, from being the first Black nurse in different hospitals to her conversion to the Catholic faith, her life is one of unique blessings.