AR History

Asya Webster
  • 4.7 (12)
  • EDUCATION

The podcast examines all the ways Arkansas History is your history, my history, and our history. Each episode highlights a specific aspect of Arkansas History and includes interviews with historians, park interpreters, and other Arkansans doing amazing work.

  1. 12/18/2024

    To Freedom & Back: The Case of Nelson Hackett

    In the final episode of the Taking What They Can Carry: Forced Migration in Arkansas series, we're joined by Dr. Michael Pierce at the HumanitiesAR Next Gen(eration) Humanities Conference. Dr. Pierce discusses the case of Nelson Hackett, an enslaved man who escaped bondage in Arkansas by fleeing to Canada but was extradited back to Arkansas. Hackett’s story not only to document a single man’s incredible struggle but also to explore how that one man activated a trans-Atlantic and biracial network of activists working to undermine the institution of slavery. Hackett’s struggle demonstrates how the actions of enslaved individuals forced officials throughout the entire Atlantic world to confront the very thing that most of them wanted to ignore—the institution of chattel slavery. Thus, fugitives like Hackett played critical roles in the century-long process of abolition and emancipation. The statements and opinions expressed in the video are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect those of Arkansas Humanities Council, Inc. or its employees.

    48 min

  2. 12/11/2024

    The Ku Klux Klan in Arkansas: Bigotry in the Early 1900s

    Join us for a lecture presented by Dr. Kenneth Barnes, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Central Arkansas. Dr. Barnes covers a history of the Ku Klux Klan in Arkansas from the 1890s through the 1900s and how this history continues to resonate today. The statements and opinions expressed in the video are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect those of Arkansas Humanities Council, Inc. or its employees.

    39 min

  3. 12/04/2024

    'Kit Karson and Band': Race, Class, and New South Nightriding in Northeast Arkansas

    On this episode of Taking What They Can Carry, we're joined by Dr. Blake Perkins to discuss a brief history of Lawrence County, Arkansas. Dr. Perkins details the actions of a group of white men who used nightriding, mob violence, and other terrorism tactics in their attempts to make the town of Walnut Ridge all white. Despite being unsuccessful in completely removing the area's Black residents, these events led to the 1912 Walnut Ridge Race War. The statements and opinions expressed in the video are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect those of Arkansas Humanities Council, Inc. or its employees.

    1h 4m

  4. 11/27/2024

    Little Rock 1927: A Flood, a Lynching, and an Exodus

    Join Stephanie Harp, an independent researcher, as she uncovers the historical impacts of the Flood of 1927, a surge of mob violence that resulted in the last lynching in Little Rock, and the how both lead to an exodus of Black residents from Arkansas's capitol city.

    26 min

  5. 11/24/2024

    Spatial Segregation in Central Arkansas

    Join Phoenix Smithy for Spatial Segregation in Central Arkansas: A Brief Examination of Dark Hallow, Urban Renewal, and the Construction of I-630 in Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas. Smithy discusses a brief history of Dark Hollow, a predominantly Black neighborhood located in North Little Rock, Arkansas, and the changes its residents endured with the construction of a major highway in Central Arkansas. Smithy provides details of the neighborhood and showcases these changes via historical maps

    47 min

  6. 11/21/2024

    Forced Migrations: The Expulsion of Indigenous Peoples from Arkansas

    Join Dr. Joseph Key for a discussion on the expulsion of Indigenous Peoples from Arkansas. Dr. Key begins in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase and from there shows how various treaties effectively caused dispossession and expulsion, including the Treaty of 1824 that removed the Quapaw from the Arkansas Territory, and how settlers coming from the east led to forced displacement of Indigenous Peoples and later the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

    23 min

  7. 10/25/2024

    Exiled: The Story of Arkansas's Free Black Expulsion of 1860

    Dr. Brian Mitchell has returned to discuss the Arkansas Act 151 of 1859 (Act to Remove the Free Negroes and Mulattos from the State). Also known as Arkansas's Free Black Expulsion Act of 1859. Dr. Mitchell provides insight into the justification behind the exile of Arkansas's free Black population and what happened to those communities as a result.

    34 min

  8. 10/22/2024

    Bitter Sacrifices: Art and Writing from Arkansas's WWII Japanese American Incarceration Centers

    Join Dr. Heather Zbinden as she discusses Japanese internment camps Rohwer and Jerome. During WWII, the U.S. government forcibly removed over 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes on the West Coast. They were incarcerated in camps throughout the nation, where many remained until the end of the war. Located in Southeast Arkansas, Rohwer and Jerome held nearly 17,000 Japanese Americans between 1942 and 1945. Dr. Zbinden provides details of the internment and showcases artwork created during this time.

    23 min
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The podcast examines all the ways Arkansas History is your history, my history, and our history. Each episode highlights a specific aspect of Arkansas History and includes interviews with historians, park interpreters, and other Arkansans doing amazing work.

Information

  • Creator
    Asya Webster
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Asya Webster
  • Show Website
    AR History