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ARKANSAS BLACK HISTORY  //  Realty

Sandstone Real Estate Group
Faulkner County’s First, Only, & Largest Full-Service,  Minority-Owned Real Estate Company

Disparity among the African American homeownership rate vs. Non-Hispanic White homeownership rate is attributed to a number of historical and modern-day factors – from decades of discrimination against Blacks in employment, education, housing, and other areas to predatory lending practices and implicit bias from real estate agents. Greg Hunt – the first African American male real estate broker/owner in Faulkner County – had a vision to change...read more.

by Dianna Donahue  //  ​Jun.1.2023

ARKANSAS BLACK HISTORY  //  Exhibition

The “Silent No More” Multi-Media Elaine Massacre History Exhibit

by Dianna Donahue  //  ​Sept.29.2022

ARKANSAS BLACK HISTORY  //  Movement

Back to Africa Movement
Arkansas' Voyage to the Fatherland

Black Americans began to return to their native land of Africa in 1820 – approximately 200 years after the transatlantic slave trade to Virginia began. Many of these brave souls...read more

by Dianna Donahue  //  ​Dec.1.2021

ARKANSAS BLACK HISTORY  //  Education

The North Little Rock Six
of Scipio A. Jones High School - Class of 1958

The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka U.S. Supreme Court case of 1954 ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional even when...read more

by Dianna Donahue  //  ​Aug.1.2021

ARKANSAS BLACK HISTORY  //  Building

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
The Architectural Showpiece of the Negro Neighborhood

Little Rock’s Dunbar Middle School has a rich historical significance to the progression of Black people in Arkansas in four areas: African-American history, education history, legal history, and architecture/engineering...read more

by Dianna Donahue  //  ​Apr.1.2021

ARKANSAS BLACK HISTORY  //  Government

Minorities in the Arkansas State Senate Before 1900

by Dianna Donahue  //  ​Jun.1.2022

ARKANSAS BLACK HISTORY  //  Location

Red Summer in Elaine
An Extreme Response

The end of the Civil War in 1865 began a new era in American history called the Reconstruction Era, where the country processed through reinstating seceding states in the...read more

by Dianna Donahue  //  ​Feb.1.2022

ARKANSAS BLACK HISTORY  //  Entrepreneur

John H. Johnson
The Forbes 400 List's First Black Entrepreneur & Businessman

If you grew up during the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, chances are you are familiar with publications such as Negro Digest, Ebony Magazine, or Jet Magazine. These publications...read more

by Dianna Donahue  //  ​Nov.1.2021

ARKANSAS BLACK HISTORY  //  Building

Thomas C. McRae Sanatorium
Arkansas' First Treatment Facility for Black Victims of Tuberculosis

Arkansas’ history tells of many practices used to uphold racial segregation in public facilities, and medical facilities were no exception to this neglectful discrimination. Depending on the town...read more

by Dianna Donahue  //  ​Jun.1.2021

ARKANSAS BLACK HISTORY  //  Location

The Line - West 9th Street & Dreamland
There is a 3-story, brick building that sits along I-630 West on West 9th Street adorned in patriotic American bunting. There are not many other buildings on the street or a significant amount of consistent traffic, but that has not always been the case. It may be difficult to imagine it today, but...read more

by Dianna Donahue  //  ​Feb.1.2021