'Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas' Published by University of Arkansas Press

'Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas' Published by University of Arkansas Press
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas Press has published Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas: New Perspectives ($24.95 paper), edited by John A. Kirk.

The collection – which grew out of a conference on Race and Ethnicity at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock – brings together the work of leading experts to cast light on the rich and diverse history of Arkansas’ racial and ethnic relations.

The essays span from slavery to the civil rights era and cover a range of topics including the frontier experience of slavery; the African American experience of emancipation and after; African American migration patterns; the rise of sundown towns; white violence and its continuing legacy; women’s activism and home demon­stration agents; African American religious figures from the better known Elias Camp (E. C.) Morris to the lesser-known Richard Nathaniel Hogan; the Mexican-American Bracero program; Latino and Asian American refugee experiences; and contemporary views of Latina/o immigration in Arkansas.

The book explores race and ethnicity in Arkansas and the South, providing both a primer to the history of race and ethnicity in Arkansas and a prospective for better under­standing racial and ethnic relations in the United States.

Twelve scholars contributed work to the collection. Two of the contributors have University of Arkansas connections: Kelly Houston Jones (“Black and White on Slavery’s Frontier: The Slave Experience in Arkansas”) holds a Ph.D. in history; Calvin White (“It Should Be More than Just a Simple Shout: The Life of Elias Camp [‘E.C.’] Morris”) is associate professor of history and director of the African and African American Studies Program.

John A. Kirk is the George W. Donaghey Professor and chair of the History Department at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He is the author or editor of several books, including Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement and Arsnick: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Arkansas.

The University of Arkansas Press, founded in 1980, is an academic publishing house that is part of the University of Arkansas. A member of the Association of American University Presses, it has as its central and continuing mission the publication of books that serve both the broader academic community and Arkansas and the region. To order any University of Arkansas Press book, please visit www.uapress.com or call 800-621-2736. University faculty, staff, and students may take advantage of a 25 percent discount by using the promotional code YOUOFA.

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Melissa King, director of sales and marketing
University of Arkansas Press
479-575-7715, mak001@uark.edu

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