Joseph Carter Corbin Day

Joseph Carter Corbin Day during the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s sesquicentennial year; September 27, 2023. The group is standing at W. 2nd Ave. in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County), which was renamed Joseph C. Corbin St. to honor the first president and founder of what is now UAPB. The intersection of W. 2nd Ave. and Oak St. was the school’s original site.

Group of African American men and women gathered around a wreath and a stop sign and street sign

Courtesy of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff / Photo by Richard Redus

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