Arkansas

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Arkansas high school students plan to continue to wear racist confederate flag attire despite punishment. (KARK 4 News) thegrio.com
January 24, 2019
A group of high school students in Arkansas banded together to wear confederate flag gear to support a racist #HistoryNotHate…
Little Rock
December 5, 2018
Former highway commissioner Frank Scott is now the first black person elected as mayor of Little Rock, although two blacks…
December 3, 2018
A youth football team from a historically black community in Memphis was involved in the fatal charter bus crash
Twerking
October 25, 2018
The mayor of Bryant, Ark., wants to get rid of a group that gives a twerking event because she thinks…
PAC TheGrio
October 24, 2018
Both the Republican incumbent and his Democratic challenger have condemned it, and the Arkansas GOP filed a state ethics complaint…
French Hill
October 19, 2018
An ad that perpetuates apparent stereotypes was run by a group supporting a Republican candidate in Arkansas who condemned it
Toddler Kylen thegrio.com
August 22, 2018
Kylen Holliman is only three years old, but he is already a hero because of his amazing persistence getting help…
Classroom theGrio.com
March 16, 2018
The fallout from the National School Walkout continues across the nation. While many communities have reported nothing but positive responses
Classroom theGrio.com
March 16, 2018
[griojw id=”PRhw7Z6P” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Three students in Arkansas reportedly received an old-fashioned punishment for walking out of their school during the
Hand gun thegrio.com
January 10, 2018
A 20-year-old Arkansas man shoots himself and tries to blame it on an imaginary black man, but gets busted for…
March 22, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' governor signed legislation Tuesday ending the state's practice of commemorating Confederate Gen. Robert E.…
December 30, 2016
Trent Bennett, the Arkansas high school teacher who referred to Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys, has resigned.
December 23, 2016
An Arkansas man has been arrested and charged in the road rage shooting death of 3-year-old Acen King, after five…
December 20, 2016
A 3-year-old boy was shot in a road rage incident, after a driver fired a gun into the vehicle because…
November 28, 2016
An infant was found over two dozen feet from the roadway after being ejected from a car during a crash…
November 17, 2016
A member of the Blevins School Board has sparked controversy after being pictured wearing blackface.
September 30, 2016
The Little Rock Police Department has released dash cam recordings of the traffic stop in which civil rights attorney John…
June 30, 2016
An Arkansas grandmother was arrested after disciplining her 12-year-old grandmother with a switch...
May 10, 2016
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge accused of having inappropriate sexual relationships with male defendants has resigned...
January 13, 2016
FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) — Waffle House says it has fired two employees at one of its Arkansas restaurants after…