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Rodney Block, Joshua Asante, Tim Anthony and Suthurn Faze join drummer Brannen Temple at Afrodesia Recording Studio courtesy Katrice Newbill The pandemic may not be over yet, but musicians and audiences are dipping their toes back into the pool of live public performance in Central Arkansas. This Thursday, for one, Austin-based drummer Brannen Temple whose work has appeared on albums from Alejandro Escovedo, Eric Burdon and Bob Schneider is bringing his band Temple Underground to Little Rock’s Afrodesia Studio of Performing Arts for a live recording and concert, featuring sets from Dallas-based Suthurn Faze and from our own funk/soul trendsetters ....
Credit UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture Discover Sue Cowan Williams, an early Civil Rights advocate in Arkansas, who sued the Little Rock School District for equal pay in 1942. With Thurgood Marshall at her side, she paved the way for social justice work in Arkansas. On this episode, we take a deep dive into early Civil Rights by examining the life and social justice advocacy of Sue Cowan Williams and foundational work of the NAACP in Arkansas and beyond. Historian John Kirk is our guest and shares his lecture on teacher pay equalization laws suits and rare audio recordings of Cowan Williams from the 1990s, where they discussed her leadership role in the law suit, her personal sacrifices, collateral damages and outcomes of the suit. ....
Discover Sue Cowan Williams, an early Civil Rights advocate in Arkansas, who sued the Little Rock School District for equal pay in 1942. With Thurgood ....