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I was running the track at Catholic High, lost in my thoughts and enjoying a nice breeze. Running may be an exaggeration these days, but I was moving a little faster than a walk. The rhythmic pounding of feet and breath always spark a tingle of thought or the twinge of memory.

The 1919 Elaine massacre--in which white mobs killed an unknown number of Black farmers in Phillips County--has finally begun to receive the attention it deserves from historians. The exact number of people murdered that fall in the cotton fields of the Arkansas Delta will never be known. Their story, however, must not be forgotten.

When it comes to historical violence and contemporary inequality, none of us are completely innocent. We may not be direct agents of harm, but we may still contribute to, inhabit, or benefit from regimes of domination that we neither set up nor control. Arguing that the familiar categories of victim, perpetrator, and bystander do not adequately account for our connection to injustices past and present, Michael Rothberg offers a new theory of political responsibility through the figure of the imp...

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Student Government Association (SGA), CALS Roberts Library, UA Little Rock’s Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC), and UA Little Rock Downtown are pleased to present an evening of conversation and learning with Dr. Dave Tell. Dr. Tell will discuss his book, Remembering Emmett Till and the Emmett […]

Think of lynching, and images of mobs and nooses, Old West-style vigilantes and displays of white supremacy may come to mind.

Think of lynching, and images of mobs and nooses, Old West-style vigilantes and displays of white supremacy may come to mind.

I am not surprised to learn that the murder rate in Arkansas and the nation is increasing. We are a violent country, and Arkansans have been killing each other for generations.

I am not surprised to learn that the murder rate in Arkansas and the nation is increasing. We are a violent country, and Arkansans have been killing each other for generations.

It's toward the end of an interview earlier this month when Brad Mooy, coordinator of Central Arkansas Library System's annual Six Bridges Book Festival, perfectly describes the breadth of this year's edition.

An $82,474 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the Encyclopedia of Arkansas at the Central Arkansas Library System, according to a recent news release from the library system.