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HBCU graduate makes history as first-ever Black woman neurosurgery resident at Vanderbilt

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HBCU graduate makes history as first-ever Black woman neurosurgery resident at Vanderbilt

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72 Hours on Bloody Island: The 1917 East St. Louis Massacre

Countless savage attacks were unleashed during the bloodshed. That’s just a glimpse of what happened during one of the bloodiest race wars on this ground.
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A local Black barbershop honors the community

Barbershop "Trendsetters" is eager to showcase what it means to own, operate, and enjoy local Black businesses.
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A local Black barbershop honors the community

Barbershop "Trendsetters" is eager to showcase what it means to own, operate, and enjoy local Black businesses.
Black History

Federal grant helps Oklahoma digitize African American archives

With the $93,000 grant, OHS hired a project coordinator and an imaging specialist for a year and purchased a scanner for digitizing.
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University of the Ozarks was the first PWI to admit Black students in Arkansas

During the fight to end segregation, the small-town university became a trailblazer by admitting the first Black athlete to compete in college sports in Arkansas.
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University of the Ozarks was the first PWI to integrate in Arkansas

During the fight to end segregation, the small-town university became a trailblazer by admitting the first Black athlete to compete in college sports in Arkansas.
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Race: Listen. Learn. Live. Teenagers (Full Broadcast)

This series focuses on issues dealing with race, diversity and equity in the St. Louis community. For the first time, we're talking with teenagers.
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Arkansas is home to the first desegregated southern schools

Former Charleston students remember integrating in 1954—the first to do so in the south.
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Arkansas's Black excellence | RemARKable People

From the youngest Black mayor in the entire country, to a teen barrel racer breaking barriers-- here are the best stories from the Natural State.
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NWA remembers the first schools to integrate in the south

Charleston schools became the first in the south to desegregate.
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From Bessie Coleman to Tuskegee Airmen: Rich history of Black aviators

From Bessie Coleman, the first African American to get her pilots license to the brave Tuskegee Airmen of WW2, there is rich history of Black aviators.

Mom of 4 killed in armed robbery at Fort Smith convenience store, no arrests made

Arkansas Nonviolence Alliance gathers for "No More War" peaceful protest

"No More War" peaceful protest held by Arkansas Nonviolence Alliance in Fayetteville

Sunshine and mild temperatures this weekend

Storm warning fatigue | Alerting Arkansas

Fort Smith/Fayetteville News | 5newsonline KFSM 5NEWS | Get the local news and weather where you live from 5NEWS. Covering Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Bentonville, and all of Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley.

HBCU graduate makes history as first-ever Black woman neurosurgery resident at Vanderbilt

72 Hours on Bloody Island: The 1917 East St. Louis Massacre

A local Black barbershop honors the community

A local Black barbershop honors the community

Federal grant helps Oklahoma digitize African American archives

University of the Ozarks was the first PWI to admit Black students in Arkansas

University of the Ozarks was the first PWI to integrate in Arkansas

Race: Listen. Learn. Live. Teenagers (Full Broadcast)

Arkansas is home to the first desegregated southern schools

Arkansas's Black excellence | RemARKable People

NWA remembers the first schools to integrate in the south

From Bessie Coleman to Tuskegee Airmen: Rich history of Black aviators

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