She says that turned into her telling her story. “I tell my whole body my life on canvass so everything or anything significant I come in contact with I put on canvas.”
“I come from a legacy of educators and entrepreneurs as we think about Black History and touch land and realize they did so much with so little and fought against the odds. I know that black folks are survivors and thrivers we can do anything we put our minds to."
“The military was a tremendous opportunity that I am happy that I took advantage of. It gave me an opportunity to continue my college education as well as tremendous experience and the places I have served and the commands that I had it was a wealth of experience for me.”
For more than 33 years, the Shreveport-Bossier-DeSoto African American Scholarship Awards Banquet has been providing scholarship money to students headed to college.
In 2019, the Rev. Kenneth Jackson and his wife Angelita Jackson bought the Old George Washington Carver School in Marshall and then turned it into a community center.
February is a time to celebrate the accomplishments of former slaves and civil rights leaders of decades past who helped put an end to segregation and slavery and inspired hope for African Americans.
Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.) is recognizing the service of the late Benjamin Haymon, a WWII veteran who served in the Pacific Theater, as part of “Salute to Veterans” and Black History Month. The series recognizes the military service of Arkansas residents.
Dr. Antonio Webb is an orthopedic spine surgeon, Air Force veteran, author, and motivational speaker — and is actively working to inspire young people raised in a similar background as himself.
