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White man in military uniform looking out of an airplane in flight

Group of white women in full habit posing on a staircase outside a brick building

Sisters at Holy Angels Convent

Two-story convent building with towers and wall on street corner with bare trees

Sisters of Mercy Convent and Mount St. Mary Academy

Multistory brick building with stacked covered porches

Sisters' School

Aerial view of river crossed by six bridges

"Skipper's Death" newspaper clipping

William Skipper Article

Drive in theater screen from the rear

Sky Vue Drive-in

African-American man standing in suit with hat

Roosevelt Skykes

Side view of barn-shaped building and single-story building on gravel driveway

Skyland Baptist Church

Road sign with a guitar on top

Skylark Drive-In

Light shining through skylight

Monuments and gravestones in fenced-in cemetery

newspaper article headline reads "Negro hanged on Monticello puclic square confesses to attempted assault on woman at Wilmar 1000 men in mob"

Slater Lynching Article

Portrait black man suit and tie smiling short hair blank photo backdrop

African-American man in suit and tie speaking into a microphone near interstate

"Through Thicket" newspaper clipping

Slaughter and Bailey Execution Story

Mug shot of white man with "17336" sign

"Slaughter's body viewed by throng" newspaper clipping

Tom Slaughter Death Article

"Negroes for sale" advertisement

Slave Auction Notice

Black book cover with red and white text

Slavery by Another Name

"Resolutions passed by the convention of the people of Arkansas on the twentieth day of March 1861" document in three columns with border art

Slavery Resolution

White man with beard sitting in suit and bow tie

William Slemons

White man and steel truss bridge with black and white text on gold background with words "Sling Blade is virtuoso writing, acting and directing Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times"

Stepped waterfall and stream with green foliage in forest

Slippery Hollow Natural Area

White man with brush working on dig site

Two-story building with arched entrance and trees

Sloan-Hendrix Academy

Town as seen from above with arrow drawn on it pointing at the "studio"

Smackover Aerial View

Street grid and buildings as seen from above

Smackover Aerial View

Crowd of people standing next to train

Smackover Depot

Wooden tower beside pool of black liquid

Smackover Field

White man standing next to broken mule-drawn wagon with machinery on it on muddy road

Smackover Field

Group of white men standing around and sitting in fire truck parked before glass-fronted building

Smackover Fire Department

Car stuck in mud being towed by team of horses; writing on photo says "even fords get stuck in smackover oilfield roads"

Three men with pole boats transporting iron pipes in flooded area with tall trees near oil derrick.

Smackover Oil Field

"Kluxers and oil workers battle" newspaper clipping

Smackover Riot Article

"Oil field battle has one fatality" newspaper clipping

Smackover Riot Article

Townsfolk horses carriage and buildings reflected in flooded dirt road

Smackover Street Scene

White men with cars and horse on town street with storefronts

Smackover Street Scene

White men with horse drawn carriage and car outside single and multistory buildings reflected in flooded town street

Smackover Street Scene

Team of oxen pulling wagon on town street lined with storefronts

Smackover Street Scene

Crowd of white men with horse drawn wagons at rail yard

Smackover Street Scene

Flooded street with people, horses, and wagons

Smackover Street Scene

Tiny white buds on green stems

Small-Headed Pipewort

William Newell Small

"Rift in the Cloud" newspaper clipping

Smallpox Article

"Small-Pox Situation" newspaper clipping

Smallpox in Texarkana

Drawing of fish and fish on table

horse-drawn buggy operating via ropes and pullies a ferry with car

"Smith who assaulted a white lady near Little Rock Arkansas was lynched by a disguised party who shot him to death" newspaper clipping

Smith Lynching Article

White man with beard in military uniform sitting in a chair

Andrew J. Smith

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