Kirk Wins Susie Pryor Award for Research
Dr. John A. Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been awarded the Susie Pryor Award for his article examining the case of Mary Dinwiddie, the only African American woman sentenced to death in Arkansas during the 20th century. Kirk received the award April 11 … Kirk Wins Susie Pryor Award for Research
Kirk to Speak about Civil Rights Movement Following Central High Desegregation Crisis
Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, will be one of the featured speakers in a series aimed at fostering awareness and dialogue about equality, justice, and human rights at the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site.
Kirk Receives Booker Worthen Literary Prize for Winthrop Rockefeller Biography
Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, has received the 2024 Booker Worthen Literary Prize from the Central Arkansas Library System for his 2022 biography, 鈥淲inthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912-1956.鈥�
Honoring Civil Rights Heritage: Public History Class and Professor Recognized for Preserving Arkansas History
In a thorough and rigorous investigation of the rich tapestry of Arkansas’s past, a public history class and their esteemed professor have been honored with awards for their exceptional efforts in preserving and promoting state history.
Kirk to Give Talk on Little Rock Nine at Eisenhower Presidential Library
Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, will give a virtual presentation on the Little Rock Nine at the Dwight D. Eisenhower President Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home on Tuesday, June 13.
糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Historians Win Gingles Award
A group of historians from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have won the Gingles Award from the Arkansas Historical Association for their exploration of the criminal case of two African American Arkansans who were executed for the alleged rape of a white woman in the 1930s.
糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Honors Lytle, Glazier, Grace, Baillie, Kirk as 2023 Faculty Excellence Winners
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has chosen Drs. Robert Lytle, Rebecca Glazier, Stephen Grace, Mark Baillie, and John Kirk as the winners of the 2023 Faculty Excellence Awards.