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Barack Obama, Arkansas, Obama Presidential Library
December 2, 2025
Barack Obama got candid during a fireside chat with Olivia Walton in Arkansas, discussing his outlook for the future and…
March 26, 2024
A high school teacher and two students sued Arkansas on Monday over the state's ban on critical race theory and…
December 8, 2023
Statistics show that Black male drivers in Fayetteville, N.C., are stopped at disproportionately high rates compared to their counterparts.
November 19, 2023
Risie Howard filed to run as a Democrat against U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, a Republican, in the 4th Congressional District…
August 22, 2023
Arkansas' top education official on Monday told school districts offering an Advanced Placement African American Studies course to send in their course…
August 21, 2023
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders dismissed the Arkansas high school AP African American Studies curricula as a "lie" and "propaganda."
Ron DeSantis, erasing Black history, theGrio.com
August 18, 2023
The six Arkansas schools that planned to offer an Advanced Placement course on African American studies say they will continue…
August 17, 2023
“There will be lawsuits,” said Chris Jones, who ran against Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, about the state's decision.
August 17, 2023
The Little Rock School District said Wednesday it will continue offering an Advanced Placement course on African American studies despite Arkansas education…
Advanced Placement African American Studies
August 14, 2023
Arkansas has joined Florida with its decision to not offer Advanced Placement African American Studies for course credit this year.
July 30, 2023
The ACLU of Arkansas applauded the court's ruling, saying people's First Amendment rights would have jeopardized.
June 19, 2023
A marker honoring Hackett and his impact was installed in Fayetteville's downtown square, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.
June 17, 2023
Beyond Sports Lab is a nurturing environment where Black fathers and their children can bond, learn and grow through athletics.
April 2, 2023
Tornadoes touched down in several states, leaving death and destruction behind in Tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana and Illinois.
March 10, 2023
The Justice Department announced it found that Louisville police routinely engage in discriminatory practices against Black residents.
March 10, 2023
The Arkansas Senate has advanced a bill banning affirmative action, including in public schools and higher education facilities.
February 27, 2023
Gwendolyn Herzig, who is transgender, told Arkansas lawmakers one of the biggest obstacles trans people face is a lack of…
February 8, 2023
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders painted a dystopian portrait of the country in her rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of…
February 7, 2023
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, once a White House press secretary for President Donald Trump, is set to return to the national…
January 18, 2023
Chris Jones, who ran against Sarah Huckabee Sanders in the 2022 gubernatorial election, called the new governor's actions "extreme."