The Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation seeks to preserve and share Arkansas' historical connection with jazz.
The foundation offers performances and educational clinics for young musicians.
Two centuries ago, the White River was the highway to the American frontier of north Arkansas. Through exhibits and programs, Prairie County Museum tells the story of the exploration and settlement of the lower White River from 1831 to 1931.
The site offers exhibits, research library access, and workshops.
The Society preserves the history of Benton County, Arkansas. The society houses research archives.
The society headquarters offer historical archives. The website offers visitor information and a basic history of Benton County.
Historic Washington is a restored 19th-century town with 45 historic structures. Classic examples of Southern Greek Revival, Federal, Gothic Revival, and Italianate architecture stand as a legacy to life in Washington from 1824 to 1889. From its establishment in 1824, Washington was an important stop on the rugged Southwest Trail to Mexico, and later, Texas. James Bowie, Sam Houston, and Davy Crockett each traveled through Washington at various times. Vistiors can stroll the plank boardwalks along streets that have never been paved, and explore this tree-shaded town many call "the Colonial Williamsburg of the Southwest."
The site offers exhibits, tours, demonstrations, research library access, workshops, and educational and recreational events (including living history events).
The Peel House Foundation works to preserve one of Arkansas's most treasured pieces of architecture and landscaping, the Peel Mansion, built in 1875, and the surrounding rose gardens. In addition to the house, the Foundation also offers other attractions, such as an 1855 log cabin which has been converted into a living history museum. This house stood near the site of the Battle of Pea Ridge.
The site offers a small photo gallery of roughly 20 pictures, general information for visitors, and a calendar of events.
The park features the "Woolly Cabin," a one-room log structure erected on the Woolly family homestead in 1882 by Martin Alfred Woolly, son of William Riley Woolly, the head of a family clan of early pioneers who came to Arkansas in 1851. Martin Woolly took up land in the "Hollow" in 1859. This started the chain of events that led to his namesake being used here over a century later.
The site offers occasional recreational and educational events.
This iCue Mini-Documentary looks at the lesser-known figures of the Civil Rights Movement. Though Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X are the best-known names in the Civil Rights Movement, there were many more largely unknown people vital to the movement.
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Ernest Green was the first black student to graduate from Central High School in Little Rock, AR. In this NBC News segment, Green looks back at the first days of desegregation and his experiences going to Central High.
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In this archival footage, the governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, discusses the issues of desegregation at Central High School in Little Rock. Nine African-American students, known as the Little Rock Nine, were met with protesters when they entered the all-white school.
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NBC's Lester Holt discusses the impact of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education on Central High School in Little Rock, AR. The Little Rock Nine were the first black students to attend the all-white school.
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