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Some students and alumni feel frustrated that the UA System Board of Trustees voted to preserve the presence of J. William Fulbright's name and statue on campus this summer.
The hashtag #BlackatUARK began trending over a year ago as a way for Black students to share their experiences of racism on campus, but many feel little progress has been
A new interactive exhibit tells the story of a Black minister and former slave whose influence — from the pulpit to politics to business — stretched far beyond his home in Helena.
Univ. of Arkansas board backs plan to keep Fulbright statue July 28, 2021 GMT LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved a plan to keep a statue of the late Sen. J. William Fulbright on its flagship campus, despite calls to remove it because of his opposition to integration. The resolution approved Wednesday also called for keeping Fulbright’s name on the Fayetteville campus’s college of arts and sciences. Fulbright was a University of Arkansas graduate and served as the university’s president for three years starting in 1939. He is kno...
Univ. of Arkansas system head: Fulbright statue should stay July 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The leader of the University of Arkansas system on Tuesday proposed keeping a statue of the late Sen. J. William Fulbright on its flagship campus but add “contextualization" about his legacy, despite calls to remove the monument because of Fulbright's support of segregation. System President Donald Bobbitt cited a new state law preventing the removal of historical monuments without state approval in his proposal, which is going before the university's board of trustees o...