Black History Month


February 24, 2022

UAMS Midsouth Summit Black Expo Set for Feb. 26

Linda Haymes

The 18th Annual Midsouth Summit Black Expo, presented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Office of Health Initiatives and Disparities Research, which celebrates Black History Month, will be held Feb. 26.

The 18th Annual Midsouth Summit Black Expo, presented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Office of Health Initiatives and Disparities Research, will celebrate Black History Month with a free event highlighting health education, cancer screenings and community outreach. This year’s virtual expo, themed “Health – Your Time is Now” is…


March 7, 2017

Midsouth Summit Black Expo Provides Health Screenings

Ashley McNatt

UAMS MamoVan

March 7, 2017 | UAMS provided more than 50 health screenings at the 13th Annual Midsouth Summit Black Expo held Feb. 25 at the Little Rock Metroplex. The expo, presented by UAMS, brought together a community of entertainers, health institutions, businesses and other organizations to celebrate Black History Month. The UAMS MammoVan mobile mammography unit…


February 28, 2017

Black History Panel Discusses Higher Education

ChaseYavondaC

UAMS Black History Month

Feb. 28, 2017 | A group of Arkansas educators and students convened at UAMS on Feb. 23 to discuss issues facing black students throughout the education system. More than 50 UAMS faculty, staff and students attended the event, hosted by the Chancellor’s Committee for Diversity and the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs as part of…


February 29, 2016

Events Feature Underground Railroad and Abolitionist Movement

Ben Boulden

Feb. 29, 2016 | UAMS celebrated diversity in February with two events in honor of Black History Month. Historian and longtime College of Pharmacy faculty member Jonathan Wolfe, Ph.D., traced connections in his family to the Underground Railroad and the Battle of Helena in Arkansas during the Civil War while speaking Feb. 18 at the…


March 17, 2015

UAMS Celebrates Black History

ChaseYavondaC

March 17, 2015 | African-American heritage and tradition was celebrated at UAMS on March 12 at its annual Black History Month event.


February 23, 2012

Celebrating African-American Women Firsts

Jon Parham

Feb 23, 2012 | Arkansas native and poet Maya Angelou wrote:

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.


February 24, 2011

Arkansas Baptist President Calls for Investment in Human Capital

Jon Parham

Feb. 24, 2011 | Once a prime location for criminal activity, a downtown Little Rock car wash is now a thriving neighborhood business and symbol of investment in human capital and the blossoming of nearby Arkansas Baptist College, says Fitz Hill, the school’s president.