William Harold Flowers was a civil rights titan, winning many landmark victories which include ending the practice of excluding African...

Fountain Brown, a Methodist preacher, confessed to selling eight of his slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation, creating a historic...

The coronavirus pandemic has brought unforeseen challenges for all of us. The tourism industry came to a screeching halt and restaurant...

Pine Bluff native Kenneth Culvey Johnson, is Sci-Fi legend with shows like The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, and V., making...

End of the Line 1987 train heist dramedy was filmed in Pine Bluff with assistance from the Cotton Belt Historical Society and the Cotton...

Harvey C. Couch was the astute Arkansas businessman who founded the precursor to Entergy, and helped to bring electricity and telephone...

There have been numerous sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in Arkansas between 1896 and 1965, including at least three UFO...

In 1910, Judge O. Jones was lynched in Pine Bluff by a silent mob of forty to fifty armed men who disappeared into the night without a...

From 1904 to 1912, the Forest Park Fair proved to be an excellent attraction causing a huge influx in tourism to Pine Bluff. Image...

John Thach proved to be one of the most brilliant Navy aviators, conducting test flights, teaching pilots, and even developing his own...

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

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...

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...

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

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

Born almost 2 centuries ago, Wild Bill Hickok is still remembered as a great lawman and a feared gunslinger, sometimes with either foot...

Marian Etiole Watson has made a name for herself as an award-winning journalist and a household name among New York’s pop culture elite...

Beth Brickell made a huge and lasting impact on the entertainment industry, starring in television shows and movies, and going on to...

This astute Pine Bluff entrepreneur owned a clothing store, beauty parlor, and beauty school all while designing women's attire,...