Topics include: “African Americans, Arkansas, and
the Other Great Migration 1865-1920”; “Any Place but Here: The 1860 Expulsion
of Free Blacks from Arkansas” and "Arkansas's African Migration Movement in the late
1800s."
This event is part of an ongoing series of symposiums
and other events sponsored by the Black History Commission of Arkansas. The
mission of the Commission is to collect materials pertaining to African
American history for the Arkansas State Archives, to encourage research of the
state's African American history, and to cooperate with the Arkansas Department
of Education to develop materials that support the teaching of African American
history in our public schools.
The symposium will be available for sign-in beginning
at 09:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada), with presentations beginning at
09:45. Advance registration is required and is limited to 100 participants;
register here:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvc-ChpzwqHtanS_F4W3m-hNNNAHDSQraJ
The Arkansas
State Archives is an agency of the Division of Arkansas Heritage. Established
in 1905, it collects, preserves and makes available a wealth of materials documenting
Arkansas’s past, including the largest extant collection of Arkansas newspapers. The State Archives is located in Little Rock
and operates two branch facilities, the Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives in
Powhatan (Lawrence County) and the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives in
Washington (Hempstead County).
The symposium is open to all; teachers may earn up to three
professional development hours through attendance. The symposium is free to
attend but advance registration is required. For more registration or other information
about the symposium contact Tatyana Oyinloye, Coordinator of African American
History Programs at: Tatyana.oyinloye@arkansas.gov
or call 501-682-6900.
