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It is formerly known as Arkansas Times, [1] and The Arkansas Baptist. [2] It is the longest running African American newspaper in the state of Arkansas; and was founded roughly c. 1882. [3] [4] The paper was founded as a bi-weekly publication by Elias Camp Morris; who later went on to co-found in 1884 the Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock ...
Rev. Joseph Albert Booker (1859–1926), was an American newspaper editor, academic administrator, educator, minister, activist, and Black community leader. He was born into slavery and orphaned at a young age; Booker went on to serve as the president of Arkansas Baptist College and editor of the Arkansas state’s Black Baptist newspaper, The Baptist Vanguard.
In 1914, he moved to Texarkana in Miller County, Arkansas, where he founded The Baptist Commoner. In 1917, he merged The Baptist Commoner with the Arkansas Baptist to create The Baptist and Commoner. In 1920, he assumed his final pastorate at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock, where he remained until retirement in 1947. [3]
Took a leadership role in the battle against segregation in Arkansas. [28] Little Rock: Arkansas State Press: 1984 [30] 1998 [29] Weekly [30] LCCN sn90050043; OCLC 10766826 "Dedicated to the memory of L. Christopher Bates." A revival of the Arkansas State Press of the 1940s and 1950s. [29] Little Rock: Arkansas Survey: 1923 [31] 1935 [31 ...
Arkansas Advocate: Little Rock 1830 1837 [5] Arkansas Banner: Little Rock 1843 1845 Owned by the Democratic Party of Arkansas in 1945 [5] Arkansas County Gazette: DeWitt: 1884 1886 [6] Arkansas Democrat: DeWitt 1879 1882 [7] Arkansas Farmer: Little Rock 1844 1845 [5] Arkansas Forum: Siloam Springs 1921 c. 1921 [8] Arkansas Gazette: Arkansas ...
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Two years later he was named pastor of Centennial Baptist Church. Morris was the secretary of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention from 1880 to 1881, where he founded the Arkansas Times (later The Baptist Vanguard). Morris co-founded a black seminary in Little Rock, later known as the Arkansas Baptist College, in 1884. [3]
James T. White (August 25, 1837 – March 13, 1892) was a Baptist minister and state legislator from Helena and Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives and later the Arkansas Senate in the late 1860s and early 1870s. He was also a member of the Arkansas constitutional conventions in 1868