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September 27, 1875
Branch Normal College, the first college in Arkansas specifically for African-American students, opened in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) under the direction of Joseph Carter Corbin. It was created in 1873 as a branch of Arkansas Industrial University (now the University of Arkansas) by a legislative act. The school is now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB).