African American--History Articles
- 1. "An Outstanding
Arkansas Composer William Grant Still" by Mary D. Hudgins
- in Arkansas Historical Quarterly 24 (Winter 1965):304-13.
- A biographical sketch of the most famous African American
composer
- of classical music. Written before Still died, this article
does not describe or evaluate his entire career.
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- 2. "The
American Missionary Association and the Freedmen's Bureau in
- Arkansas,
1866-1868" by Larry Wesley Pearce in Arkansas
Historical
- Quarterly 30 (Spring-Winter
1971):242-59.
- Examines the work of this Northern education aid society
which sent
- teachers to Arkansas to open schools for newly-freed
African Americans.
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- 3. "'A
Dear Little Job:' Second Lieutenant Hiram F. Willis, Freedman's Bureau
Agent in Southwestern Arkansas, 1866-1868," by William L. Richter
in Arkansas Historical Quarterly 50 (Summer 1994): 158-200.
- A thorough account of the work of Willis's effort to
assist newly freed African Americans after the Civil War.
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- 4. "Negro
Legislators in Arkansas 1891: A Document" by Willard B.
- Gatewood, Jr. in Arkansas Historical Quarterly
31 (Spring 1974):220-33.
- Has biographical sketches of several African-Americans
who
- served in the Arkansas legislator and who fought against
the 1891
- law to segregate Blacks in public transportation.
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