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Fred Akers (1938–2020)
Arkansas-born Fred Akers was a Hall of Fame college football coach whose playing career at the University of A...
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William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. (1934–)
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. represented the state of Arkansas in the U.S. House of Representatives fro...
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Arkansas "Scottsboro" Case
aka: Bubbles Clayton and James X. Caruthers (Trial and Execution of)
aka: James X. Caruthers and Bubbles Clayton (Trial and Execution of)
The trial and conviction of African American farm laborers Bubbles ...
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Arkansas [Album]
Arkansas is an album written and recorded by John Oates, a New York–born inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall ...
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Arkansas Northeastern College
Arkansas Northeastern College (ANC) is the largest two-year college in northeast Arkansas. ANC’s main campus...
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Bank of Osceola
The Bank of Osceola is a two-story brick structure located in Osceola (Mississippi County) at 207–209 East H...
"Mississippi County" map with borders roads cities waterways
Bassett (Mississippi County)
  The town of Bassett is located on Highway 61 in southern Mississippi County. It is about halfway betwee...
Mural featuring a white man's face and three cartoon chipmunks.
Alvin Silas (Al) Bennett (1926–1989)
Alvin Silas (Al) Bennett was a recording industry executive best known for his tenure as president and directo...
Headline "Mississippi County Youths Under Sentence to Die in Electric Chair" two white men one with tie above text "Frank Bethel" and the other shorter wearing bow tie above text "Mike Wallace"
Bethel-Wallace Rape Trial of 1929
The case of Frank Bethel and Mike Wallace, two white men tried for rape in Mississippi County in 1929, was an ...
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Big Lake Expedition
This Civil War expedition took place only two months after the fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and constitutes...
"Big lake district hunters' paradise" newspaper clipping
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge is one of the oldest inland national wildlife refuges. This 11,038-acre area...
"Big lake district hunters' paradise" newspaper clipping
Big Lake Wars
Competition and contention over an abundant (and unregulated) storehouse of northeastern Arkansas wildlife fro...
"Mississippi County" map with borders roads cities waterways
Birdsong (Mississippi County)
  Located in the extreme southwestern corner of Mississippi County, Birdsong is an African American comm...
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Black Hawk War of 1872
The Black Hawk War was a Reconstruction-era political and racial conflict in Mississippi County that occurred ...
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Dwight Hale Blackwood (1886–1953)
Dwight Hale Blackwood was a minor league baseball player who, after retiring from the game, became involved wi...
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Albert Blazes (Lynching of)
aka: Albert Blades (Lynching of)
In May 1926, an African-American man named Albert Blazes (sometimes...
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Blytheville (Mississippi County)
Blytheville is located in the low, flat Mississippi Delta on land that was inhabited by Native Americans for t...
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Blytheville Boycotts of 1970–1971
In the opening months of 1970, a group of African Americans in their mid-twenties sought to bring the social a...
"Council to Get Code on Comics" newspaper clipping
Blytheville Comic Book Ban of 1954–1955
A national backlash against alleged violent and gory comic books led to an outright ban of such publications i...
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Buffalo Island
Buffalo Island is a local name given to western Mississippi County and eastern Craighead County. It consists o...
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Burdette (Mississippi County)
Burdette (Mississippi County) is located nine miles south of Blytheville (Mississippi County) on State Highway...
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Burdette School Complex Historic District
The Burdette School Complex Historic District is a group of six buildings located in Burdette (Mississippi Cou...
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Ben F. Butler (1894–1967)
Benjamin Franklin Butler served as mayor of Osceola (Mississippi County) for nearly three decades and was a we...
"Double Lynching" newspaper clipping
Will Caldwell and John Thomas (Lynching of)
aka: John Thomas and Will Caldwell (Lynching of)
On September 10, 1895, an African-American man named Will Caldwell ...
Football card featuring African American man in uniform
Maurice Carthon (1961–)
Maurice Carthon is a former professional football player who earned two Super Bowl rings along with serving as...
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Tommy Cash (1940–2024)
Tommy Cash was a musician and the younger brother of country music legend Johnny Cash. Although he was raised...
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John Steven (Steve) Clark (1947–)
aka: Steve Clark
John Steven (Steve) Clark was the longest-serving attorney general ...
Book cover featuring a drawing of a young woman picking cotton
Cotton in My Sack
Cotton in My Sack is a juvenile novel published in 1949, written and illustrated by popular children’s autho...
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Riley Covington (Reported Lynching of)
In the summer of 1877, a number of newspapers reported that an African American man named Riley Covington had ...
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Herman Davis (1888–1923)
Herman Davis was an outstanding marksman who distinguished himself in the U.S. Army during World War I. Genera...
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Dell (Mississippi County)
Dell is a town in Mississippi County, a few miles southwest of Blytheville (Mississippi County). State Highway...
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Delta Gateway Museum
aka: Kress Building
Delta Gateway Museum (DGM) in Blytheville (Mississippi County) aims...