2007 20151960

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Afghan War2001-

200844th President

of the United States of America;

re-elected 2012

John W. WalkerOne of the foremost civil rights advocates in U.S., began working with the NAACP; established practice in LR, and is responsible for handling much of the civil rights laws in AR, including the continuing Pulaski County School Districts desegregation lawsuits, responsible for the making of law in numerous discrimination cases

McGraw Learning Institute:Established 1983 in LR as an alternative child care and learning facility by Dr. Patricia Washington McGraw

Dr. Vertie L. Carter (1923 - )Educator, UAPB philanthropist, activist

Al Bell: Born 1940 Alvertis Isbell in Brinkley, AR, raised in NorthLittle Rock; producer, 2011 Grammy Award winner, marketing and promotions innovator, recording executive, co-owner former Stax Record Co., Memphis, TN; Philander Smith College graduate

Lawrence Leo “Snub” Mosley(1905 -1981), LR, jazz trombonist, composer; Gibbs High School grad. Sideman with Claude Hopkins, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson. Best known as member of 1920s Alphonso Trent Orchestra, creator of the slide saxaphone - the ‘Snuba phone’, a 1940 hit record The Man with the Funny Little Horn, and leader of 1st Black USO featuring Alberta Hunter

Sylvia Moss Clay:Born 1937, first Black female band director in the state of Arkansas; music educator, gospel music proponent

Missouri Compromise, in U.S. History in 1820, first of several acts and measures passed by U.S. Congress that outlined prolonged sectional conflict over extending slavery and eventually led to American Civil War

Georgia Ann Laster (1926 -1961), Dunbar High School grad, world famous soprano, 1951 Marian Anderson Prize recipientBarbara Hendricks (1948 - ) of Stephens, AR; world renowned lyric soprano since mid-1970s. Operatic debut: SanFrancisco Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, UK, and New York City Town Hall. UN Refugee Agency, Honorary Ambassador for Life; Horace Mann High School alumnusKristin Lewis (1975 - ) of Little Rock; internationally recognized lirico-spinto soprano debuted as Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni,Germany 2005. Received “Artist of the Year Award”, Savonlinna Opera Festival, Finland, and “Oscars of the Opera” prize, Foundation of Verona for the Arena, Italy, 2010

Riley ’Doc’ Johns1895-1950, Little Rock Central High School athletic trainer and Quigley Stadium custodian; sports medicine pioneer

1959 Hall High SchoolEffie Mae Jones, Elsie Robinson, and Estella Thompson, first black students to integrate

Hall High School Integration

Wanda Hamilton, a long time activist andnewspaper columnist for The Lincoln Echo, Fort Smith African American community newspaper. Hamilton was one of the first African American students to attend Little Rock University (1964), now University of Arkansasat Little Rock; and former secretary, Urban League of Greater Little Rock

2015Colette D. Honorable Nominated to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by President Barack Obama August 2014, sworn in January 5, 2015; formerly served four years as chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission

Plessy v. Ferguson, May 1896The “separate but equal” provision of public accommodations by state governments is constitutional under the Equal Protection Clause

Ruth Polk Patterson (1930 -1988)born near Nashville, Arkansas; teacher and author best known for her book: The Seed of Sally Good’n, 1985; Patterson organized the Assoc. of the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Little Rock branch, 1975

Arthur Lee Porter, Sr. (1934 - 1993); LittleRock

Marion Taylor1968, The first African American state trooper in Arkansas

Florence BeatriceSmith Price (1887 -1953) of Little Rock. Composer, arranger, organist and teacher; composed more than 300 works. First black woman to have a symphonic work performed by a major orchestra, Symphony in EMinor, 1933. Capitol High School graduate, 1903

Brent Jennings (1951 - )of LR; character actor best known for films: Moneyball (2011),Witness (1985) and Life (1999) and numerous television roles; LR Central High School Graduate (1969)

Cornelius R. Coffey (1903 - 1994)Newport, AR. In 1938, first African American to establish an aeronautical school in U.S. Coffey School of Aeronau-tics was located at Harlem, Airport, Oaklawn, IL

Lawrence Hamilton (1954 -2014) of Ashdown, AR;Broadway actor appeared in the hits Play On, Jelly’s Last Jam, and Ragtime; musical director for opera star Jessye Norman; performed for former President Reagan and Pope John Paul II; past Philander Smith College Cultural Affairs Director

James Henry “Jimmy” McKissic (1940 - 2013) of Little Rock, raised in Pine Bluff; internationally famous professional pianist who entertained 3 U.S. presidents and lived in France,Switzerland, Morocco and Singapore; offered free annual Carnegie Hall concerts; PBS documentary: How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall

Linda Pondexter Chesterfield of Hope, AR;State Senator, Dist.30, 2011 - present. Formerly served in Arkansas House of Representatives 2003-2007. First black graduate of Hendrix College; past president LR School Board, Pulaski Co. Assoc. of Classroom Teachers, and AR Education Assoc.

Site of1919

Race Riot

Joyce Ann Elliott of Willisville, AR; Arkansas Senator, 31st Dist., 2009 - present; former Majority Leader. Previously served in Arkansas House of Representatives 2000-2006. Educator, leading education advocate

1977 Earnest Joshua: Established JM Products, a black cosmetics firm in Little Rock

1981 Charles Bussey; of LittleRock, first African American elected Mayor of Little Rock; 20th Street named in his honor

1984 The Hon. P.A. “Les”Hollingsworth;Little Rock, appointed to the AR Supreme Court

Photo Credits:Mosaic Templars Cultural Center (MTCC)Arkansas History Commission; Butler Center for Arkansas Studies: Fayth Hill Washington (Hill Foundation)Annie Mabel McDaniel Abrams CollectionBernice Lamb McSwain CollectionAlbert Smith, Artist; Alyce Flakes CollectionChristopher C. Mercer Family CollectionLittle Rock Housing Authority (Jessie Powell Tower)Precious Hunt Williams CollectionSpecial Collections Library, UA FayettevillePi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Pi Alpha FraternityMifflin Wistar Gibbs: Shadow and Light: An Autobiography, 1902E.M. Woods: Blue Book of Little Rock and Argenta, Arkansas, 1907Nancy Robinson Lott and Regina Norwood: Josephine - Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mrs. Josephine Irvin Harris Pankey, 2012Snub Mosely album cover photo, Amazon.co.UK; Arkansas.govMLAAH

He was appointed principal of Capital Hill School in

Joseph Carter Corbin (1833 -1911):Founder and president of Arkansas’s first African

Capital Hill School GA, moved to

for black citizens in Dermott, AR in 1898

1868 - 1893 Arkansas African American legislators from

Helena, AR

Born in Laren County, SC

African Americanphysician performed

James Price; Dr. E.C. Morris, Pastor; designated

(1872 - 1906) born in Dayton, OH

Attorney and publisher:

Born in Brinkley, AR;

Dr. F.B. CoffinFirst African American

High for his work with the Little Rock Nine and Daisy Bates

Hoxie, AR

of 25 black students. LR attorney Chris C.Mercer was active in this historic event.

February 3, 1948

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Elected first African American

Fire and Soul on Ice

1935 -1998Born in Wabbeseka, AR activist wwho emerged

1942 Sue Cowan Morris WilliamsPlantiff for the City Teachers Assoc. v. the Supt. and the LR

attorney, joined local attorneys in the trial and lost the case.

1980 Mahlon Martin of Little Rock, first black City Administration, Director; 1989, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Director

Manager of Little Rock; 1983, Dept. of Finance and

First black owned and operated radio

Maya Angelou(1928 - 2014) bornMarguerite Anna Johnson of St. Louis, MO and periodically raised in Stamps, AR world renowned actor, political activist, and best selling author and poet; Presidential Medal of Freedom and National Medal of Arts winner; US postage stamp issued in her honor 2015

Robert “Say” McIntoshLong-time community activist,

Resulted in a 1992

The Hon. Joyce E. Williams WarrenBorn in Pine Bluff, AR; first black woman graduate from UALR Law School;first black woman law clerk in AR; 1983, first black woman judge in Pulaski

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(1864 - 1943) William Augustus

Singfield(1875 - 1950)

Jessie Powell(1893 - 1974) Mattie Powell

Josephine I. H.Pankey

(1869 - 1954)Amelia Bradford Ives (1878 - 1940)

Served as one of the first principals of the Bush Elementary School, otherwise known as 21st Street

School; Bradford Ives was one of the founders of the local branch of

the Urban League (1937); Amelia Bradford Ives Homes Public Housing named in her

honor, now demolished

Tulip, AR, native. In 1889, Jones began the practice of law in Pulaski County Circuit Court, LR; served as attorney to Mosaic Templars of America organization; most remembered as attorney who led skillful defense of 12 black

sharecroppers sentenced to death for their part in 1919 Elaine Race Massacre and won their

release. Jones spearheaded WWI Liberty Bond drive to raise $243,000 in the black community, 1945; instrumental director of

United Charities, precursor to United Way; by 1942 Jones partnered with other black lawyers and sued the LR School District to gain equal

pay for black teachers. In tribute, Scipio A. Jones U.S. Post Office Building at

1700 Main, LR, was dedicated in 2007.

Born in Wilkes County, GA; originally worked as carpenter, later helped to launch weekly Little Rock Reporter, 1901. By 1903, he was named VP of Capital City Savings Bank; Mifflin

Wistar Gibbs, owner. Singfield’s other ventures included real estate, grocery

businesses, and a printing plant. In 1911, he began the practice of law, in 1918 became a founding member of

first Arkansas branch of NAACP in LR, and a Republican Party

activist who struggled for black parity in 1920. Singfield was a leader in the War

Loan Drive for black people, an associate advisor to WWI registrants,

and a Wonder State Bar Association charter member, an early

black lawyers group, 1938

Early prominent real estate agent and land developer. In 1907, before women’s suffrage, Pankey began purchasing and subdividing land to create three distinct

LR African American communities. Josephine Pankey Third Addition, located near Cantrell Road-Highway 10, consisted of 80 acres, and is still intact. Further, she is noted for contributions as public school

teacher, author, songwriter and philanthropist.

A tireless civil rights advocate and long-time

supporter of the NAACP; L.C.and wife, Daisy Lee Gatson Bates, published

the Arkansas State Press, a black newspaper,

1941-1973

LuciousChristopher (L.C.) Bates

(1901 - 1980)Daisy Lee

Gatson Bates(1914 - 1999)

Huttig, AR, native; civil rights leader; president of the AR

Chapter of the National Association for the

Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1952; served as advisor to the

Little Rock Nine who integrated Little Rock

Central High School in 1957; Bates’ home at 1207 West

27th Street was designated a National Historic Landmark

in 2001

Educator, mother of ten children, active in church and civic organizations, charter member of the

Society for the Preservation of

Mosaic Templars of America Building

(MTBPS), and Mosaic Templars Cultural Center (MTCC) Advisory Board

Ellen T. Carpenter(1916 - 2011)

Annie Mae Bankhead(1904 - 1989)

Annie Mable McDanielAbrams

(1931 - )

Christopher C.Mercer

(1924 - 2012) Dedicated civic leader

who founded College

Station Community Center, 1971;

Bankhead Drive is named in her

honor

Devoted grandmother, long-time social activist and strong proponent of participatory

democracy; past president of the Little Rock Chapter of the National

Council of Negro Women; delegate to the 2004 Democratic Convention; life

member of the NAACP; active member of the Mayor’s committee, 50th Anniversary of the Little Rock

Central High School Integration Crisis

Jeffrey L. Hawkins, Sr.

(1905 - 2003)East Little Rock

community leader, member East End Civic League; Pulaski County

Justice of the Peace; Metroplan

Conference Room named in his honor Dec.

1994

In 1967, appointed Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Little

Rock, the first African American to hold this position in any southern state; served as

advisor to L.C. & Daisy Bates during the 1957

desegregation of Little Rock Central High School

Haven of Rest Cemetery7102 West 12th St.; established in the early 1900’s; largest African American cemetery in Arkansas; Friends of Haven of Rest Cemetery Inc., formed in 2008 to restore this treasure of African American history

(1854 - 1951)Pioneering African American

teacher - career spanned 70 years of service

in Little Rock School District; taught all grades Latin, Science and English; principal of Capital Hill School in 1875 and 1885;

pivotal in the evolution of black education; Stephens

School located at 17th and Maple Streets is named in her

honor

Elias McSailsWoods:

Author: Blue Book of Little Rock and

Argenta, ArkansasLittle Rock;

Central PrintingCo.,1907

L UALR Institute on Race and Ethnicity “Civil Rights Heritage Trail”

Jessie and Mattie Powell, proprietors of Powell’s Food Store at 20th & Pulaski St., LR and later managers and shareholders with Plaza Enterprise, owners of Village Square Grocery Store at 16th & Chester St. Jessie

Powell was the first black commissioner with the Little Rock Housing Authority; the

Jessie Powell Tower at Battery and Wolfe St. is named in his honor. Mattie Powell was active at Union A.M.E. Church as a trustee, steward and teacher in the A.B. Browning Sunday School Class for Young Mothers

Baptist minister

(P.A.R.K.) Founded by Keith Jackson, Little

1500 South Park:

908 Cross Street:

1600 Bishop Street:

Main Building is one of the oldest buildings

•1927 Lynching Site

to the steps of the statecapitol

A Arkansas State Capitol

E Visitors Center at Historic Curran Hall

H River Rail Electric Street CarsI Mount Holly Cemetery

501 West Ninth St., located within the Historic West Ninth Street District; a museumof the Department of Arkansas Heritage.Mission of MTCC: collect, preserve, interpret,and celebrate Arkansas’s African American

Designated a National HistoricPark Service for its significance

First Missionary Baptist Church:Established in 1847; West Seventh and Gaines Streets; pioneering African American