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Tom Dillard: Arkansas barber shops used to be more interesting

One of my earliest childhood memories involves getting a haircut a real haircut, by someone other than a family member. ....

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Black institute founded by priest

In 1874, Rev. John M. Lucey, a racially-progressive white Confederate veteran, moved from Fort Smith to his first parish assignment as pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Pine Bluff. He soon founded the Annunciation Academy at St. Joseph Catholic Church and became the driving force behind establishing a vocational school for Black Americans in 1889. ....

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Commemorate Black History month with events in and around Little Rock

Black History Month has begun, and there are numerous events happening in Central Arkansas to help Arkansans learn about and celebrate the past, present and future of Black Americans. ....

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Today In Johnson City History: Nov. 1

A returned coat, Too much Halloween revelry, A future ETSU president s vision and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history. ....

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Memorial marks all-Black church

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church was built at a time when Jim Crow laws forced race separation, enforced through cruelty, lynching and terror. More than 60 years later, the church was demolished in an attempt to destroy a prosperous Black neighborhood by running a highway through it. ....

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