Arkansas History Commission1 copy negative President Lawrence Davis welcomes Miss Spirit of Cotton, Joyce McClinton (Springer-Williams) back to Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal (AM & N) College (now University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) in 1956. A resident of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, Joyce McClinton Springer-Williams is the daughter of Edith and Isaiah McClinton.Contact InformationOnline version:Catalog Record
Arkansas History Commission1 copy negative Negative taken of Dr. Sameul L. Kountz, a kidney transplant specialist. Born in Lexa, Lee County, Arkansas on October 20, 1930, Dr. Sameul L. Kountz wanted to be a doctor from a young age. After receiving a Bachelor of Science from A.M. & N. in 1952, Dr. Kountz received a masters degree in Biochemistry at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Washington County and was one of the first African Americans admitted to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Pulaski County in 1958. Primarily practicing in California and New York, Kountz became a pioneer in the fields of organ transplant and immunology. His help in developing a kidney transplant machine made kidney translants possible. His work in drug therapy lead to solutions for some critical problems with organ rejection. Dr. Kountz was credited with performing more than 500 kidney transplants when he passed away in 1981.Contact InformationOnline version:Catalog Record
Patterson, PatArkansas History Commission1 copy negative Negative of Bobby Brown probably taken in association with the speech he gave at the end of the "Walk Against Fear," on August 24, 1969 at the Arkansas State Capitol. Led by Lance (Sweet Willie Wine) Watson Of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, the "Walk Against Fear" was a 130 mile walk from West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas to the State Capitol in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.Contact InformationOnline version:Catalog Record
Arkansas History Commission1 copy negative Negative taken of Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune (center) visiting with Lottie Hopkin (right) and Emma Davis at the Robert Russ Moton High School in Marianna, Lee County, Arkansas in 1953. Robert Russ Moton High School was in operation from 1926 to 1970. Born in South Carolina in 1875, Mary McLeod Bethune attended Scotia Seminary and Moody Bible Institute. After marrying Albertus Bethune, she began to teach school. With only $1.50 and five students, Bethune founded the Daytona Literary and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls in Daytona, Volusia County, Florida in 1904. Through Bethune's hard work, the school expanded into a high school, then junior college and finally Bethune-Cookman College. Appointed by President Roosevelt as the Director of the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration, Bethune was the first African American woman to hold so high an office in the federal government.Contact InformationOnline version:Catalog Record
Arkansas History Commission1 copy negative Negative taken of John Gammon of Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas sitting in a chair. John Gammon (1903 - October 11, 1988) was the grandson of a slave and a native of Crittenden County, Arkansas. Gammon graduated from Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal (A.M. & N.) College (now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. A pioneer catfish farmer and philanthropist, Gammon became the first black member of the Arkansas Stabilization and Conservation Committee. He was named a member of the National Advisory Committee on Agricultural Research during the Roosevelt administration and was elected to the Agricultural Hall of Fame. In 1948, Gammon organized the Negro division of the Arkansas Farm Bureau which he served as president until 1965. President Richard Nixon named him to the five-man advisory board of the Commodity Credit Corporation in 1969. He was a member of President Nixon's Committee for Employment of the Handicapped and ... MoreContact InformationOnline version:Catalog Record
Arkansas History Commission1 copy negative Negative taken of Negro Division of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, 1948 with John Gammon of Marion, Crittenden, Arkansas second from left. John Gammon (1903 - October 11, 1988) was the grandson of a slave and a native of Crittenden County, Arkansas. Gammon graduated from Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal (A.M. & N.) College (now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. A pioneer catfish farmer and philanthropist, Gammon became the first black member of the Arkansas Stabilization and Conservation Committee. He was named a member of the National Advisory Committee on Agricultural Research during the Roosevelt administration and was elected to the Agricultural Hall of Fame. In 1948, Gammon organized the Negro division of the Arkansas Farm Bureau which he served as president until 1965. President Richard Nixon named him to the five-man advisory board of the Commodity Credit Corporation in 1969. He was a member of President Nixon's ... MoreContact InformationOnline version:Catalog Record
Cooley, James F. (James Franklin), 1926-1992.Arkansas History Commission1 archive box (0.4 cubic ft.)Awards, honors, certificates, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other material relating to the career of James F. Cooley. Includes material relating to his work with youth in Forrest City, Ark., and his educational efforts for Arkansas prison inmates.Contact InformationCatalog Record
Hervey, Carolyn Owens.Arkansas History Commission0.5 cubic ft.The collection mostly contain church anniversary programs of some Little Rock Baptist and African Methodist Episcopal churches from 1945 to 1982, and Scipio A. Jones High School yearbooks and graduation exercise programs from 1932 to 1958. Scipio A. Jones (formerly known as the Argenta Colored School and Hickory Street School) was renamed Scipio A. Jones in 1928. The school, which was located in North Little Rock, Ark., closed in 1970.Contact InformationCatalog Record
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