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1948 entered the University of Arkansas Law School; died of TB and war injuries in 1949

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Silas Hunt

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Served as governor for 12 years 1955-67 (6 two-year terms)
Governor during time of school integration,
Viewed to many as a racist and segregationist because of the Little Rock Central High Crisis

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Winthrop Rockefeller

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Led other democrats on senate committee to walk out of hearings in protest of Senator McCarthy’s brash and aggressive behavior

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John McClellan

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Gained recognition by challenging and eventually helping to punish McCarthy,
Only senator to vote against funding McCarthy’s Senate Permanent Investigative Subcommittee

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William Fulbright

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September 1955 - moved 21 African Americans into school system.
No problems until segregationists from there and outside of the community formed a protest.
Integration photographed in Life magazine, causing segregationists from other states to arrive to support protest.

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Hoxie

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(Franklin County) in September 1954 - first district in the ‘old south’ to comply with Brown vs. Board of Education decision.

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Charleston

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integrated 3 weeks after Charleston with 6 African American students

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Fayetteville

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Little Rock’s original desegregation plan.
Designed to desegregate schools slowly, starting with Central High School.
Put off action until 1957.
Focused only on Central High School in lower income area of city.

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Blossom Plan

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Was the head of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. He started a large ranch on top of Petit Jean Mountain and became active in civic and cultural affairs.

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Winthrop Rockefeller

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Elected to Congress in 1937. He went through an embarrassing public scandal involving Fannie Fox. He also had a problem with alcoholism, but he went on to be an outspoken leader against alcohol and drug abuse.

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Wilbur D. Mills

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charitable contributions; to distribute or donate funds or goods

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philanthropy

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also known as the Freedom of information law, it opened government records to public view

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Sunshine Law

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long term prison inmates entrusted with the oversight of other prisoners

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trustys

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beat Orval Faubus in the Democratic primary run-off, then defeated Winthrop Rockefeller in the general election. He was a successful Arkansas governor and U.S. senator in the 1970’s, 1980’s, and 1990’s

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Dale Bumpers

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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

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special interests

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a Democrat and segregationist who was a state Supreme Court justice and ran for governor against Rockefeller in 1966

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“Justice Jim” Johnson

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in 1975 became the first woman appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court

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Elsijane T. Roy

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popular Arkansas politician who served as a state legislator. as governor, a U.S. senator, and in the U.S. House of Representatives

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David Pryor

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one of the country’s leading transport (trucking) and logistics (organized movement of goods) companies, founded in 1969; its headquarters are located in Lowell

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J.B. Hunt Transportation

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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

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Stephens Inc.

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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

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Riceland Foods

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the statewide newspaper founded in 1819 by William Woodruff, which was bought by the owner of the Arkansas Democrat in 1991

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Arkansas Gazette

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a department store chain founded in Nashville, AR. Today, its world headquarters are located in Little Rock

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Dillards

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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

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Wal-Mart

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headquartered in Springdale and founded in 1935, it is the world’s largest processor and marketer of beef, chicken, and pork

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Tyson Foods

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a wireless technology and communications service provider founded in Little Rock in 1943

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Alltel

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