1. [Video] “Arkansas Needs Record Sealing Reform!” by LaTonya Austin Honorable
2. APJMM Releases the Shelter-in-Place Virtual Film Series’ February 2021 Film Screening Schedule
3. The Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission Announces Virtual Programming Celebrating African American History Month – “Living Witness to History Part I – Oral Historian, Mother Annie Abrams”
4. The Black History Commission of Arkansas and the Arkansas State Archives Host Virtual Symposium “African American Migration in Arkansas: Where Did My People Go?“, featuring Dr. Brian K. Mitchell, Dr. Story Matkin-Rawn and Dr. Kenneth Barnes
5. Urban League of the State of Arkansas Hosts ‘Defining Arkansas Values – A Virtual Townhall’
6. Free Virtual Tours of Johnson H. Johnson Museum To Be Held During Black History Month
1. [Video] “Arkansas Needs Record Sealing Reform!” by LaTonya Austin Honorable
2. APJMM Releases the Shelter-in-Place Virtual Film Series’ February 2021 Film Screening Schedule
3. The Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission Announces Virtual Programming Celebrating African American History Month – “Living Witness to History Part I – Oral Historian, Mother Annie Abrams”
On Friday, February 5, 2021 from 12noon – 12:45pm, The Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission sits down to chat with beloved community mentor and educator, Mother Annie Abrams in her home at 1925 Wolfe Street, which she has transformed into a library to discuss Little Rock history and the rise and fall of historic West Ninth Street. Mother Annie Abrams is a retired teacher and mentor who is well-respected in the community. “She has mentored the Little Rock Nine and several great leaders over the years. She always talks about service and how our service to others is the “rent” we pay here on the earth. “History is a lot closer than we think,” says Scarbrough. “You can find out a lot of history that is not written or recorded by talking to our senior citizens.” This is a way for the Commission to be inclusive and offer cross-generational programming.”
4. The Black History Commission of Arkansas and the Arkansas State Archives Host Virtual Symposium “African American Migration in Arkansas: Where Did My People Go?“, featuring Dr. Brian K. Mitchell, Dr. Story Matkin-Rawn and Dr. Kenneth Barnes
5. Urban League of the State of Arkansas Hosts ‘Defining Arkansas Values – A Virtual Townhall’
The Urban League of the State of Arkansas in partnership with The Women’s Foundation of Arkansas and Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is hosting a “Virtual Town Hall” to discuss Legislation from the 93rd General Assembly.
“Defining Arkansas Values” will take a look at some of the bills proposed and adopted as they relate to what Arkansas values are and may become.
Please join us for this informative event on Face Book Live Monday, February 8th at 7:00pm CST. You can register in advance at: arkvalues.org
6. Free Virtual Tours of Johnson H. Johnson Museum To Be Held During Black History Month
Free Virtual Tours of Johnson H. Johnson Museum To Be Held During Black History Month
February 1, 2021 (Arkansas City, Ark.) – In observance of Black History Month, Friends of John H. Johnson Museum will offer free virtual tours of the historic John H. Johnson Museum and Educational Center (John H. Johnson Museum) during the month of February. The virtual tours will guide visitors through the boyhood home of the late publishing magnate, John H. Johnson, for whom the museum is named.
The museum is a replica of Johnson’s boyhood home, which reflects a three room “shotgun” house. A shotgun house describes a residential structure with rooms arranged one behind the other and doors at each end of the house. It was a popular style for a house in the Southern United States from the end of the American Civil War through the 1920s.