John Rust’s relentless pursuit of perfecting the mechanical cotton picker revolutionizing the post World-War II Southern economy. Image...

Haygood Seminary was a Mecca for educational and vocational training for newly freed African Americans from the late 1800s to the early...

Buddy Deane, a native of Pine Bluff, was one of the first radio hosts to understand the appeal of Rock n’ Roll in its infancy, the host...

Bill Carr, a two time Olympic gold medalist from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, never lost a single race during his collegiate and Olympic career....

William LeVan Sherrill, a human rights activist from Arkansas, is credited with leading and linking the Black nationalist movement of the...

The Back to Africa Movement saw many of its Black residents emigrate from counties all over Arkansas throughout the late 1800s. Image...

Frederick Tanqueray Anderson was a well- respected Arkansas watercolorist and romantic American Landscape artist, whose work was beloved...

Barbara Hendricks is a world class opera singer from Arkansas who has garnered critical acclaim and performed in opera houses around the...

Image Credit: Trikosko, Marion S.. No changes were made to the image. Why A Pine Bluff Field Trip Can Teach Kids More About Black History...

Morris Hayes, an Arkansas musician who has worked with some of the world’s greatest musicians, including Prince, Elton John, Bono and the...

Ellis CeDell Davis was one of the most resilient and uniquely talented blues artists to ever hail from Arkansas. Image Credit:...

Bobby "El Charro Negro" Butler was the first African American to become an award winning Tejano singer. Image Credit:...

Sippie Wallace, an exceptional blues singer, musician, and Arkansas native, is celebrated among the earliest blues greats such as Bessie...

Despite multiple organizational changes, Reverend Lucey’s groundbreaking school, the Colored Industrial Institute, lasted more than 120...

In the late 1800s, relentless Quapaw Chief Heckaton, repeatedly petitioned the US government to allow his tribe to retain their Arkansas...

Basil Shabazz, a Pine Bluff athletic phenom and all-around athlete, has served as a standard for greatness, first as athlete and now as a...

Initially thought of as waste from cotton production, in 1890 cotton seeds became a source of financial gain for Pine Bluff cotton...

Colonel John M. Gracie, a prominent Arkansas cotton plantation owner intent on ensuring his plantation’s success, imported families from...

This article is a reprint from the Explore Pine Bluff Blog due to anticipated interest in the upcoming Starz series Gaslit highlighting...

Amanda Trulock is remembered for being an unconventional Arkansas woman of her time. She held nuanced conflicted views about slavery,...