Arkansas

Still Fighting For Progress: 60th Anniversary of the Little Rock Nine

by Anthony Newkirk   How to achieve and maintain school desegregation has never been a fleeting matter and it’s never existed only in the past. The conflict that arose over desegregation at Little Rock’s Central High School in the late 1950s, its legacy, and how this historical process is remembered are literally “local affairs.” The official …

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AR Backlog (Pre-Fall 2017)

Community organizers oppose ballot issue on economic development Copy of Article from Arkansas News. By John Lyon / Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Community Organizations said Thursday it opposes Issue 3 on the state ballot, saying the measures would sanction unlimited “corporate welfare.” A ballot question committee formed to support the measure said …

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