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Black bear sitting upright

black bear stands next to rusty guardrail, trees in background

Group of African-American men and women standing outside multistory storefront on street

Black Diamond Drug Company

Iron arch with "Black fork Cemetery" sign hanging over overgrown dirt road with barbed wire fences and green fields on both sides

Black Fork Cemetery

Green fields and trees with tree-covered mountain in the background

Black Fork Mountain

White man in hat and overalls with spraying the ground with two hoses with a man and woman in the background

Black Gumbo Sluicing

"Mississippi County Shooting of Sheriff Murray by Judge Fitzpatrick" newspaper clipping

Black Hawk War Article

mushroom with bark textured cap on forest floor

Five white men with long hair on lawn furniture below tree, accompanied by two white women

Black Oak Arkansas

Weathered green "Black Oak" road sign on two-lane highway next to field

Multilane highway with green "Black Oak" sign on the right near brick house and power lines

Black Oak Street Scene

Single-story buildings and houses on two-lane street with water tower in the background

Black Oak Street Scene

Map of Arkansas with colored sections with percentage of black population change listed in each labeled county

Black Population Change 2020

Highway bridge and river with river bank in foreground

Black River Bridge

River with ferry approaching ramp carrying car and van field trees road in background

Black River Ferry

brick building entrance "Administration" with road running before it

Black River Technical College

Street scene with brick buildings and blue skies

Flooded rock quarry surrounded by trees

Black Rock Quarry

Multiple story brick building with cupola on top and trees in front yard and people sitting on front steps

Black Rock School

Metal arch frame "Welcome to Black Rock Home of the Zebras" sign with smaller church and Lion's club signs on it

Black Rock Sign

Multistory brick buildings on either side of dirt road with power lines crossing overhead

Black Rock Street Scene

Two-lane highway section with green "Black Springs" sign on right side

White circular cap over spring under brick and concrete pavilion

Black Sulfur Spring

Large black spider with web and plants

Black Widow Spider

Large black spider with red spots and smaller striped spider

Black Widow Spiders

Bald African-American man with close-cropped beard and mustache sitting on steps in black shirt

Two young white men in suits with knives in hand

James Black & Jacob Buzzard

Wood frame house with metal roof screened porch crawl space well coop and large tree

James Black's Home

White men in suit handing award to white woman sitting in chair

Mary Jeanne Black

White man with long beard in suit with bow tie

William Perkins Black

Tree covered hill side with bare trees and leaf covered roots

Blackfish Lake Ferry Site

black-and-white photo of white man with serious expression in suit jacket

Douglas A. Blackmon

Small log building with buggy and two grinding wheels

Blacksmith Shop

Building under construction with brick chimney with garden plots in the foreground and trees in the background

Blacksmith Shop

Clapboard school house with double doors and chimney

Blackton School

Dirt road lined with buildings and trees in the background

Blackton Street Scene

White man with glasses smiling in suit

Marlon Blackwell

White man with sunglasses holding a glass cup with fire in it

White woman with short hair smiling in suit

"F. M. Blaisdell is taken by death" newspaper clipping

Frank Blaisdell Obituary

African-American man with mustache and glasses smiling in striped suit and tie

Older white woman sitting in black dress with red pearl necklace

Estelle McMillan Blake

Rural road with house on left side and sheds in yard on the right

Young white woman in dress and chickens standing outside house with fence and outbuilding

Blakely Housing; 1950s

Large logs on logging train with crane

Blakely Log Train

Ice on wooden water tower with truck parked nearby

Blakely Water Tower

Abandoned single-story house with angled roof and covered porch in overgrown yard with trees

Concrete dam and buildings with power station on water

Blakely Mountain Dam

View of concrete dam and lake with islands from above

Blakely Mountain Dam

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