In Arkansas, between 1868 and 1893, at least 87 Black men were elected to and served in the Arkansas General Assembly.

The Wallace House in Harpersville was built using enslaved labor in 1841. Now a center for education, a local artist has used ...

These legislators and other officeholders were primarily elected from areas with large Black populations -- Arkansas' plantation regions in the east and southwest as well as urban areas like ...

An avid birder and local Thomasville resident, Janell Cleveland will lead the walk and share her expertise on bird species.

It’s summer in Arkansas and members of the Lafayette family arrive after the brood’s patriarch has died. They are ready to sift through what’s left in the Southern plantation home, perhaps sell the ...

Each of the Lafayette siblings — who have gathered at their late father’s Arkansas plantation home in 2011 to sell the property and divide his estate — hope to close the door to their family ...

This spring the Lakeport Plantation Museum, an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, will host a reading retreat focusing ...

It’s summer in Arkansas and members of the Lafayette family arrive after the brood’s patriarch has died. They are ready to sift through what’s left in the Southern plantation home ...

Join the Plantation Agriculture Museum in a Sakura Matsuri, or cherry blossom festival, held to recognize the arrival of ...