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Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps: Black Women's Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1914–1965 (University of Arkansas Press, 2023) online. Kirk, John A. "The Little Rock crisis and postwar black activism in Arkansas." Arkansas Historical Quarterly 56.3 (1997): 273–293. online; Lovett, Bobby L. "African Americans, Civil War, and Aftermath in ...
Elizabeth Ann Eckford (born October 4, 1941) [1] is an American civil rights activist and one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The integration came as a result of ...
Hazel Bryan Massery (born January 31, 1942 [1]) is an American former anti-integration activist who was a student at Little Rock Central High School during the Civil Rights Movement. [2] She was depicted in an iconic photograph taken by photojournalist Will Counts in 1957 showing her shouting at Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine ...
Aunt Caroline Dye died on September 26, 1918, in Newport, Arkansas. [1][4][2] Her gravestone says that she was 108 years old when she died. Her farmland and rental properties amassed her a substantial amount of wealth, especially for a Black woman with no formal education in the South. [2][3] A probated will filed on August 15, 1918, suggests ...
civil rights activist. Known for. Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957. Spouse. L. C. Bates. . (m. 1942) . Daisy Bates (November 11, 1914 – November 4, 1999) was an American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957.
Orean Lencola Sullivan (born 1957) is an American news anchor, singer and former beauty queen who has competed in the Miss America pageant. She was the first African-American to be crowned Miss Arkansas. [1] Sullivan was the oldest of five children born to Richard and Macie Sullivan. She attended the University of Central Arkansas where she ...
Lottie H. Shackelford (born April 30, 1941) [2] is an American politician who in 1987 was the first woman appointed Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas. [1] In 1993, President Bill Clinton [ 3 ] appointed her to the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), [ 4 ] making her the first African-American woman to serve in ...
Hattie Caraway, first woman elected as a United States senator. Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, 2010. Betty Bumpers, Arkansas first lady, 1999. The Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame is a non-profit, volunteer organization that recognizes women who have contributed to history of the U.S. state of Arkansas .