Arkansas

become a General in the confederate army, and fight not side by side with his brother John in the Union, but fight on the opposite side with his Arkansas troops for the confederate cause. Colonel James Simmons McIntosh, and Eliza McIntosh- Shumate were blessed with a son named James McQueen McIntosh who later became Brigadier General for the 1st and 2nd Arkansas mounted rifles of the confederate Army fighting in 2 battles Wilson’s Creek, and Pea Ridge. James McIntosh was from a well-known…

mandatory. The first school to attempt integration was Central High School in Arkansas. Many people might not know about The Little Rock Nine, but those that do usually admire their courageous actions, which left a huge impact in American history. Despite all the discrimination they faced, The Little Rock Nine helped enforce the rights of African Americans by being the first people of color to integrate a school in Little Rock, Arkansas, which was a big step in the Civil Rights Movement. Now,…

decisions made by Bill Clinton during his governance. In such commercials, as “Federal Taxes” and “Arkansas 2”, Clinton’s supposed failures are presented to the public. Bush’s commercial’s take on a very negative tone, especially in “Arkansas 2” in which there is overwhelmingly dark imagery with ominous music playing behind the narrator who speaks of the terrible things Clinton has done for Arkansas (Arkansas 2). “Federal Taxes” similarly has a dark tone, as interspersed between lines of the…

Louis Thomas Jordan was born on July 8, 1908 in Brinkley Arkansas. He is sometimes called “The Father of Rhythm and Blues” and “The Grandfather of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Louis Jordan was a great singer and saxophonist who started in the 1940’s. He was the leader of a band group called the “Jump Blues” or “Jump Jive.” He has collaborated with many of the Harlem Renaissance stars such as Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Armstrong. Louis Jordan was also an actor and a major black film personality…

pieces. Marmaduke planned for Colonel Robert C. Newton’s division to approach Pine Bluff from the southeast while Marmaduke led the remaining Confederate troops in from the west, trapping the Yankees between the converging Confederate forces and the Arkansas River. A patrol from the Fifth Kansas encountered Marmaduke’s advance on the Princeton Road at about nine o’clock in the morning on October 25 and sent…

a Psychiatric Hospital. I plan to achieve there goals by being a full-time student at Arkansas Tech University and come to class well prepared to learn and study for my future career. 3. I am the first child of my family of four that will be attending Arkansas Tech University next year. I have two working parents and a sibling that is in Elementary School and who also hopes that he can also be part of Arkansas Tech when he graduates in the future, I am also a First Generation American Citizen…

Movement was not effective at all because discrimination was still going on after the court decision to outlaw segregation and to give everyone equal rights. One reason people would say this is because of what happened in Little Rock, Arkansas. In Little Rock, Arkansas, nine African American high…

Drunk driving accidents are all too common in Northwest Arkansas, and throughout the state, and often result in serious injuries or death. In fact, 24 percent of all traffic fatalities across the state in 2013 were alcohol related, according to the Arkansas State Police. In order to avoid being involved in these types of collisions, motorists can refrain from drinking and driving. However, there is no way to guarantee that others have done the same. Thus, it behooves drivers to know the signs of…

University of Arkansas at Little Rock. So it would seem that I grew up around University of Little Rock Alumni’s I would want to go, saying that I got a legacy doesn’t mean I had to follow it. My family taught me to be my own person. Even though my family did not encourage me to go to UALR, they encouraged me that it was important to get a college education other than a high school diploma. But my education had to be important to me for me to be successful for my future. The university of…

Many of the people interviewed from Little Rock, Arkansas were born around the time the war ended, so they did not experience the horrors of slavery themselves. The stories of their parents being all they have to share. Most of the former slaves moved to Arkansas to farm; these ex-slaves kept farming occupations until their retirement. Former slaves from Little Rock, Arkansas shared the same attitude towards work ethic; they were all willing to work hard. However, there were exceptions to…