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The Elaine Massacre's place in civil rights history looms large. “You can’t keep thinking it’s going to go away,” said Brian Mitchell, a history professor at UA Little Rock.

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Elaine Massacre Memorial Set for Unveiling

A three-day period of killing in the Arkansas Delta a century ago will be commemorated with the Elaine Massacre Memorial, to be dedicated across the street from the Phillips County Courthouse in Helena on Sept. 29. read more >

by Gwen Moritz - July 29, 2019, 12:00am

On an expedited timetable set by war, Camp Pike in Pulaski County quickly developed into the second most populous community in Arkansas. Its peak roll call of 54,463 in September 1918 was reached 15 months after construction began. Only Little Rock, with 58,000 citizens, was larger.

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Landing Camp Pike: War Brought Unusual Opportunity

America’s entry into the First World War set the stage for a historic economic development opportunity that business leaders in Little Rock seized back in the spring of 1917. read more >

by George Waldon - October 29, 2018, 12:00am

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