Groups

112th United States Colored Infantry (US)
aka: Fifth Arkansas Volunteer Infantry (African Descent)
The 112th United States Colored Infantry was a United States Colore...
113th United States Colored Infantry (US)
aka: Sixth Arkansas Volunteer Infantry (African Descent)
The 113th United States Colored Infantry, part of the United States...
312th Field Signal Battalion’s Pigeon Department
During World War I (1914–1918), homing pigeons emerged as a viable way for militaries to maintain contact wh...
AARP Arkansas
With its state headquarters in Little Rock (Pulaski County), AARP Arkansas is affiliated with the national org...
Acxiom
The consumer data marketing company Acxiom began in Conway (Faulkner County) in the late 1960s as Demographics...
Arkansas National Guard Adjutants General
The adjutant general is appointed by the governor of Arkansas to a state cabinet-level position as the directo...
Aesthetic Club
The Aesthetic Club is one of the oldest women’s clubs west of the Mississippi River. It began when a group o...
African American Legislators (Nineteenth Century)
In Arkansas, between 1868 and 1893, at least eighty-seven African American men were elected to and served in t...
African Methodist Episcopal Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after white Methodist ...
Agricultural Wheel
The Agricultural Wheel was a state farmers’ union, founded in the Arkansas Delta, which expanded into ten ot...
All American Red Heads
A nationally known women’s basketball team, the All American Red Heads formed in 1936 in Cassville, Missouri...
Alzheimer's Arkansas
Alzheimer’s Arkansas is an incorporated nonprofit organization governed by a local board of directors consis...
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
With its national headquarters in Washington DC, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is a nonp...
American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas
aka: ACLU of Arkansas
aka: Arkansas ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas (ACLU of Arkansas) i...
American Independent Party
The American Independent Party was a national third party formed in 1967 as a protest to the civil rights poli...
American Krusaders
The American Krusaders was an organization founded in 1923 that claimed Little Rock (Pulaski County) as its ...
American Missionary Association
The American Missionary Association (AMA) was a nondenominational abolitionist society dedicated to providing ...
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross has been active in Arkansas since the second decade of the twentieth century. As an org...
American Wine Society - Arkansas Chapter
The American Wine Society–Arkansas Chapter was a non-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination of k...
Americans for Immigration Moratorium (AIM)
Founded in Rogers (Benton County) in 1997, Americans for an Immigration Moratorium (AIM) was an organization t...
Amish
The Amish have attempted five times during the twentieth century to develop communities in Arkansas. All five ...
Ancient Order of United Workmen
In the quickly industrializing world of the late nineteenth century, so-called “friendly societies” or fra...
Anglicans
Arkansas Anglicans are individuals and parishes that, while having some historical connection with the Episcop...
Anti-Horse Thief Association (AHTA)
A number of vigilance groups were created in the United States in an effort to prevent and punish the theft of...
Antiquarian and Natural History Society of Arkansas
One of Arkansas’s first attempts to preserve its history was organized by a group of “gentlemen naturalist...
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) is a nonprofit policy advocacy organization that was forme...
Arkansas AFL-CIO
aka: Arkansas American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
The Arkansas American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industria...
Arkansas Anti-Saloon League
The Arkansas Anti-Saloon League was fully established in 1907 in affiliation with the national Anti-Saloon Lea...
Arkansas Archeological Society
The Arkansas Archeological Society (AAS) is a statewide organization created for the purpose of uniting all pe...
Arkansas Archeological Survey
In 1967, the Arkansas legislature created the Arkansas Archeological Survey (Act 39), the first statewide coor...
Arkansas Art Educators
Arkansas Art Educators (AAE) is a statewide organization of art teachers. The organization’s focus is to adv...
Arkansas Association for the Deaf
The Arkansas Association of the Deaf (AAD) has provided leadership and advocacy on behalf of deaf and hard-of-...