AR 1950s Quiz Flashcards
the first African American student to be admitted to any southern university for professional or graduate coursework
Silas Hunt
Served as governor from 1949-1953; wanted greater opportunity for African Americans
Sid McMath
the first Republican governor elected in Arkansas since Reconstruction; he replaced Orval Faubus. He was also a well-known philanthropist and business leader
Winthrop Rockefeller
infamous governor who served during the Little Rock Central High School crisis
Orval Faubus
born in Kensett served in the US House of Representatives from 1939 to 1977, making him one of the longest - serving politicians in AR history. Also one of the most powerful lawmakers in the nation. The name “Mr. Chairman”
Wilbur Mills
a successful Arkansas governor and US senator in the 1970s, 80s and 90s
Dale Bumbers
Popular Arkansas politician who served as a state legislator, as governor, a US senator, and in the US House of Representatives
David Pryor
a Democrat and segregationist who was a state Supreme Court justice and ran for governor against Rockefeller in 1966
Justice Jim Johnson
in 1975 became the first woman appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court
Elsijane T. Roy
Led other democrats on senate committee to walk out of hearings in protest of Senator McCarthy’s brash and aggressive behavior
John McClellan
Reelected Rockefeller to a second terms as US Senate, and gave their electoral votes to George Wallace for president
William Fubright
Headquartered in Bentonville and founded by Sam Walton in 1962, the company grew from one store in Rogers to almost seven thousand stores with almost two million employees, and it is the world’s largest company
Wal Mart
a department store chain founded in Nashville, AR. Today, its world headquarters are located in Little Rock.
Dillards
headquartered in Springdale and founded in 1935, it is the world’s largest processor and marketer of beef, chicken, and pork
Tyson Foods
a wireless technology and communications service provider founded in Little Rock in 1943
Alltel
one of the country’s leading transport (trucking) and logistics (organized movements of goods) companies, founded in 1969; its headquarters are located in Lowell.
J.B. Hunt
an investment-banking firm (one of the largest outside of Wall Street in New York) founded in 1933 in Little Rock by W. R. “Witt” Stephens. Its headquarters remain in Little Rock
Stephens Inc
founded in 1921, a cooperative that sells and mills rice, soybeans, and wheat. It is one of the world’s leading millers of rice, and is based in Stuttgart
Riceland Foods
the statewide newspaper founded in 1819 by William Woodruff, which was bought by the owner of the Arkansas Democrat in 1991
Arkansas Gazette
the location of the first attempts of public school integration in Little rock in the 1950s. The conflicts between segregationists, law enforcement, the public, and civil rights activists drew international attention to the situation
Central High School
powerful business, lobbyists or other activists who give money to a political candidate in an attempt to influence him or her on a specific issue
Special Interests
also known as the Freedom of Information law, it opened government records to public view
Sunshine Law
charitable contributions; to distribute or donate funds or goods
Philanthropy
long-term prison inmates entrusted with the oversight of other prisoners
Trustys
the Little Rock School District’s original desegregation plan, proposed by the superintendent, Virgil Blossom
Blossom Plan
