Arkansas

representing? Isaac Murphy showed great courage by sticking with his beliefs and beliefs of the people he stood for. Murphy changed history. Isaac Murphy, famous Arkansan, impacted the state of Arkansas by voting against secession and becoming the governor of Arkansas during the union governor of Arkansas during the end of the war and after the war. Murphy's childhood set him up to become a well respected adult. Murphy's childhood was fairly normal. He was born October 16, 1802. Murphy was born…

David Pryor knew he was beat. He knew it from the start, but he spoke from his heart, picked up support from Cliff Gibson, but they went down strongly but quietly Thursday as the University of Arkansas board of trustees voted 8-2 for a $160 million expansion to Reynolds Razorback Stadium. It wasn't denied the project most likely will be more in the neighborhood of $200 million when completed. Before doing the math, which shows that is more than $60,000 for each of the proposed 3,000-plus…

Joycelyn Elders was born Minnie Lee Jones in Schaal, Arkansas on August 13, 1933. In college, she changed her name to Minnie Joycelyn Lee. In 1952, she received her Bachelor in biology from Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. After working as a nurse's aid she joined the army in May, 1953. During her 3 years in the army, she was trained as a physical therapist. She then attended the University of Arkansas Medical School, where she obtained her medicinae doctor degree in 1960.…

also need a Drivers License you should know out of common sense. The average salary of an Arkansas Game and Fish Commision wildlife officer is $62,080 annually. There are pretty decent work conditions at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commision centers located all over…

MANDY THOMAS 6260 E Huntsville Rd, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 479-426-1179 mthomas.ar@gmail.com CAREER OBJECTIVE Seek position at a leading nonprofit organization that makes a difference in our community by connecting clients with appropriate services. EDUCATION Associate of Arts: 2015 Northwest Arkansas Community College - Bentonville, AR Bachelor of Arts: Social Work, Current University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR WORK HISTORY Server, 2010 to Current Penguin Ed's BBQ – Fayetteville,…

Rock Nine gained national and international recognition for their courage and persistence during the desegregation of Central High when Governor Orval Faubus ordered members of the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the entry of black students. She and her husband, Lucious Christopher (L. C.) Bates, published the Arkansas State Press, a newspaper dealing primarily with civil rights and other issues in the black community. The identity of Daisy Gatson’s birth parents has not been conclusively…

Little Rock, Arkansas - The Central High School of Little Rock accepted nine negroes students on Wednesday, September 4th. This was Central High’s first day. Mobs of white students were gathered in the entrance of the school, as well as National Guard troops. The students were throwing very racial slurs. The 9 students were kept from going in by the National Guard, forced by Gov. Faubus. Unfortunately, the students were not able to get into school that day. Every school in the nation is said to…

All around Arkansas there are numerous so called “food deserts,” or places with limited access to nutritional food; places such as these have a lower income level. Therefore, these places do not have access to transportation to obtain healthier food. Some solutions to this problem are working with local farmers to implement a community garden, bringing in mobile farmers markets that will accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and educating people on the recommended…

Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne to protect the little rock nine (nine black students going to Hot Springs High School during integration). The governor of Arkansas, Governor Faubus, had ordered the Arkansas National Guard to keep the nine black students from going to that school. The 101st Airborne were there to stop the Arkansas National Guard from trying to stop the students. Caption about the picture above. Even though they were there to protect the students they had to actually…

systematic disenfranchisement really meant. These acts of group violence were carried out to maintain the political system of white supremacy. The two states with the highest rates of lynching per capita during the Jim Crow era are Mississippi and Arkansas. (RSS) My goal when researching…