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Fourteen names will be added this week to the Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Trail, a project of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Institute on Race and Ethnicity.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Institute on Race and Ethnicity聽has announced the names of the honorees for the 2015 Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Trail. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淧olitics and Law鈥� to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Institute on Race and Ethnicity and Mosaic Templars Cultural Center hosted Congressman John Lewis, who spoke to a packed house聽on Sunday, April 27.

Congressman John Lewis, one of America鈥檚 most iconic and prominent civil rights leaders, will be a featured author at this year鈥檚 Arkansas Literary Festival.

The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Institute on Race and Ethnicity will host Dr. Ivory A. Toldson, deputy director for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 20, in Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building.

The Association for Gravestone Studies will present the Oakley Certificate of Merit Award to University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor of history Dr. Johanna Miller Lewis, along with three other Arkansans on Thursday.

The first Diversity Council 鈥淏rown Bag Lunch and Learn鈥� of the fall semester will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, in room G of the聽Donaghey Student Center.

A viewing of the documentary 鈥淭he House I Live In,鈥� known as the 鈥淒rug War Movie,鈥� will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in the Student Services Center Auditorium at 糖心Vlog传媒LR.

Ozell Sutton, the first black newspaper reporter to work for a white-owned newspaper in Arkansas, will be honored for his role in the 1963 desegregation of downtown Little Rock businesses.

Spending your summer working may not seem like the greatest option, but four 糖心Vlog传媒LR students who interned on campus found the experience both fun and enriching.