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The Northwest Arkansas Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Council is celebrating the upcoming holiday with a number of events - including a new cultural festival held at Crystal Bridges on Friday night and a keynote speech from Author and Journalist Nikole Hannah Jones on Saturday. Ozarks at Large's Daniel Caruth spoke with the council's president Lindsey Leverett-Higgins about how people can get involved ahead of the holiday.
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For our inaugural episode, Lindsey talks with University of Arkansas Chancellor, Dr. Charles Robinson, about his historic appointment as the UA's first African American Chancellor. He also talks about his recommitment to the land grant mission of the University, increasing access and resources for students from Arkansas, and how hard it is to choose between R&B and hip hop in Lindsey's fast five questions. To learn more about Dr. Robinson, visit chancellor.uark.edu, and learn more about the Northwest Arkansas MLK Council here.
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More than 40 delegates joined the Arkansas Dr,. Martin Luther King, Jr. commission for a trip to Selma, Alabama this month. Johnathan Reaves, with our partner station KASU, traveled there, too.
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More than 40 delegates joined the Arkansas Dr,. Martin Luther King, Jr. commission for a trip to Selma, Alabama this month. Johnathan Reaves, with our partner station KASU, traveled there, too.
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Katori Hall's The Mountaintop reimagines the night before the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The play opens tomorrow night at TheatreSquared. We…
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Later this week TheatreSquared will open its production of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop. We talked with creative forces behind the work about the…
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The Northwest Arkansas Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Council is honoring the legacy of Dr. King with a series of mostly virtual events that begin this…
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The McDonogh Three--Gail Etienne Stripling, Leona Tate and Tessie Prevost Williams--spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Fort Smith after the U.S. Marshals…
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Despite a snowstorm, the city of Springdale hosted its first Martin Luther King Jr. Parade and Unity Celebration Jan. 15. Participants marched from…
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The Martin Luther King Jr. Community Association and UAFSwill host a series of events through Monday that will celebrate the legacy and work of the civil…