Tag: arkansas

Cartoon: 1874 Arkansas Politics, by Mark Wahlgren Summers

Historian Mark Wahlgren Summers’ latest political cartoon and commentary: 1874 Arkansas Politics is to Politics What Jackson Pollock Is to Portrait Painting. Continue Reading Cartoon: 1874 Arkansas Politics, by Mark Wahlgren Summers

Author blog entry/Cartoon/Civil War/Guest Bloggers/History

February 1, 2012

Excerpt: “American Congo” by Nan Elizabeth Woodruff

In this excerpt from ‘American Congo: The African American Freedom Struggle in the Delta,’ Nan Elizabeth Woodruff examines what led up to the massacre of black sharecroppers in 1919 Phillips County, Arkansas, and how the official narrative of events was fabricated and disseminated by white leaders. Continue Reading Excerpt: “American Congo” by Nan Elizabeth Woodruff

African American History/African American Studies/American History/American Studies/Civil Rights/History/Southern Studies