Welcome to the official web site of The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center located in Little Rock, Arkansas. Their mission has been to collect, preserve, interpret, and celebrate Arkansas's African American history, culture, and community...

With the discovery of Toltec mounds just outside of Little Rock, a new archaeological state park was born. History of the people of the period, how they lived, traded, and traveled is included on the web site.

Perhaps one of the largest ethinc/cultural group to inhabit Arkansas are the African Americans. Follow their first arrival as slaves working the plantations through all the years toward emancipation, and into present times. Highly...

Use this site to discover more about the diverse parts of life in Arkansas. Picture the Ozark mountain range in your mind. Find out about life in the Ozarks.

This is the story of Melba Pattillo, one of the nine African American students who were the first to enter Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her story is very informative, and the site ends with a reflection question of how...

The biography of Arkansas politician Orval Faubus who was famous for his stand against integration of Little Rock, Arkansas schools in 1957 in defiance of U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

After the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. The Topeka Board of Education, the battle for school integration really began as documented in this Digital History article.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about desegregation and the experiences of the Little Rock Nine. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Learn about Daisy Bates and her contributions as a lifelong American civil rights leader, journalist, publisher, and author. Daisy was an important figure in the Little Rock Integration Crisis. In recognition of her dedication, the state...

Focal point of the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957.

Working in cooperative groups, your students will learn how jazz musicians expressed the Civil Rights era in their music. This lesson focuses on the Civil Rights movement in Little Rock, Arkansas. Also, they will learn to about the...

Tugboat; at Pearl Harbor fought ship fires and helped push sinking USS Nevada out of the ship channel; served Oakland harbor for many years; The vessel was transferred to the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum (AIMM) in 2005 and was...

President Eisenhower tried to follow a middle road in proposing and supporting domestic affairs during his presidency. Read about the policies he put forward. Read also about his dealing with Senator Joseph McCarthy, and his spotty...

Oldest surviving state capitol building west of the Mississippi River.

A map of Arkansas from 1906 showing the State capital of Little Rock, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1902 showing the State capital of Little Rock, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1902 showing the State capital of Little Rock, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1909 showing the State capital of Little Rock, major cities and towns, railroads, mountains, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1919 showing the State capital of Little Rock, major cities and towns, railroads, mountains, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1922 showing the State capital of Little Rock, major cities and towns, railroads, mountains, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1892 showing the State capital of Little Rock, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1919 showing the State capital of Little Rock, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, mountains, lakes, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1920 showing the State capital of Little Rock, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, mountains, lakes, and rivers.

A map of Arkansas from 1920 showing the State capital of Little Rock, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, mountains, lakes, and rivers. A grid reference in the margins of the map lists counties, principal...