We the People Programs in Arkansas

FAIN: BC-50177-04

Arkansas Humanities Council (Little Rock, AR 72201-1844)
David B. Stricklin (Project Director: March 2004 to July 2005)
Barbara W. Heffington (Project Director: July 2005 to September 2006)

The annual statewide History Day in Arkansas program, website development of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, and documentation, preservation and interpretation of African-American cemeteries in Arkansas.

The Arkansas Humanities Council will allocate We the People funds to three council projects that are consistent with the purposes of the WTP initiative: the annual statewide History Day in Arkansas program conducted by the University of Central Arkansas, the website development component of the the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies' Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, and ongoing documentation, preservation, and interpretation of African American cemeteries around the state conducted by the Arkansas Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society.