{"id":32,"date":"2017-08-08T20:58:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T20:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/desegregation\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2023-06-12T18:43:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T18:43:50","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/desegregation\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tAbout\n\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\tCenter for Arkansas History and Culture\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Located in downtown Little Rock, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ualr.edu\/cahc\">UA Little Rock Center for History and Culture<\/a> is located in the Central Arkansas Library System&#8217;s Bobby L. Roberts Library of Arkansas History and Art building, the state&#8217;s largest facility dedicated to the study of Arkansas history and culture. Through its connection to the rigorous scholarship of our faculty, creating a valuable resource for students, researchers, stakeholders, and the general public.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tMission\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>The UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture collects, keeps safe, and makes available Arkansas history that connects people to each other and their shared experiences.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tCredits\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<strong>Joseph Alley<\/strong><br \/>\nGraduate Student<br \/>\nUA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture\n<strong>Cody Besett<br \/>\n<\/strong>Archivist<br \/>\nUA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture<br \/>\n\n<strong>Sarah Bost<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Student Success Archivist<\/em><br \/>\nUA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture\n<strong>Cary Bradburn<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Historian and Author<\/em><br \/>\nNorth Little Rock History Commission<br \/>\n\n<strong>Jared Craig<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Virtual Exhibit Coordinator<\/em><br \/>\nUA Little Rock Center for History and Culture\n<strong>Kelly Farr<br \/>\n<\/strong>Editor of <em>Crisis of Conscience: Arkansas Methodists and the Civil Rights Struggle<\/em><br \/>\n\n<strong>Michael Fondren<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Contributor<\/em>\n<strong>Aprille Hanson<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Associate Editor<\/em><br \/>\nArkansas Catholic\n<strong>Elizabeth Hornaday<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Contributor<\/em>\n<strong>Kimberly Wessels Kaczenski<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Director<br \/>\nUA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture<br \/>\n\n<strong>Shannon Marie Lausch<\/strong><br \/>\nArchivist<br \/>\nUA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture<br \/>\n\n<strong>James Moses<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Ph.D., Professor of History<\/em><br \/>\nArkansas Tech University\n<strong>Patsy Ramsey<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Senior Lecturer in the Department of History<\/em><br \/>\nUniversity of Central Arkansas\n<strong>Carmen Williams<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Instructor in Departments of English, Philosophy, and World Languages<\/em><br \/>\nArkansas State University&#8217;s\n<strong>Crystal Shurley<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Contributor<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<strong>Grif Stockley<br \/>\n<\/strong>Author and Libertarian<br \/>\n\n<strong>Gene Vinzant<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Professor of U.S. and Arkansas History<\/em><br \/>\nNorthWest Arkansas Community College\n<strong>Johnny Eric Williams<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Professor of Sociology and Author<\/em><br \/>\nTrinity College in Hartford, Connecticut\n\t<strong>Danielle Butler<\/strong><br \/>\nArchival Assistant<br \/>\nButler Center for Arkansas Studies\n<strong>Cherisse Jones-Branch<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Professor of History<\/em><br \/>\nArkansas State University\n<strong>Andrew Brill<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Director of Discipleship<\/em><br \/>\nLightbearers Ministries, International<br \/>\n\n<strong>Joshua Couch<\/strong><br \/>\nGraduate Assistant<br \/>\nUA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture<br \/>\n\n<strong>Kyle Day<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Professor of History and Author<\/em><br \/>\nUniversity of Arkansas at Monticello\n<strong>Mark Fold<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Contributor<\/em>\n<strong>Chad Garret<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Director of Digital Projects and Initiatives<\/em><br \/>\nUA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture\n<strong>Malea Hargett<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Editor<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Arkansas Catholic\n<strong>David Jolliffe<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Professor of English and Brown Chair of Literacy<\/em><br \/>\nUniversity of Arkansas\n<strong>John Kirk<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor of History, Director of the Joel E. Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity<br \/>\nUA Little Rock\n<strong>Laura McClellan<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Assistant Director<\/em><br \/>\nUA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture<br \/>\n\n<strong>Anthony Newkirk<\/strong><br \/>\nUA Little Rock Collections and Archives\n<b>Barbara Savary<\/b><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Student Assistant<br \/>\nUA Little Rock Center for Arkansas and History\n<strong>Emily Summers<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Processing Archivist<\/em><br \/>\nUA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture\n<strong>Fayth Hill Washington<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Public Policy and African American Studies<\/em><br \/>\nUniversity of Memphis\n<strong>Jeffery Stewart<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Honor Graduate in History<\/em><br \/>\nUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock\n<h3>\n\t\tSpecial Acknowledgements\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>&#8220;The Road from Hell Is Paved with Little Rocks&#8221; includes materials from the holdings of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies and the Little Rock Central High School Historic Site, and this virtual exhibit could not happen without that collaboration.<\/p>\n\t<p>This project was supported in part by a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives project grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Council on Library and Information Resources.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/desegregation\/files\/2017\/08\/CLIR_red_w_wordmark.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/desegregation\/files\/2017\/08\/CLIR_red_w_wordmark.jpg 565w, https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/desegregation\/files\/2017\/08\/CLIR_red_w_wordmark-300x136.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Council on Library and Information Resources logo\" width=\"239\" height=\"108\" \/><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\"><div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<p>About Center for Arkansas History and Culture Located in downtown Little Rock, the UA Little Rock Center for History and Culture is located in the Central Arkansas Library System&#8217;s Bobby L. 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