LCV Cities Tour - Little Rock: Mark Christ, "Civil War Arkansas 1863"
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Author Mark Christ talks about his book "Civil War Arkansas 1863: The Battle for a State."
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Little Rock: Mark Christ, "Civil War Arkansas 1863"
April 13, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Author Mark Christ talks about his book "Civil War Arkansas 1863: The Battle for a State."
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Little Rock: General Douglas MacArthur
March 30, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Go to the place where General Douglas MacArthur was born to learn about his family's background, his birth in this building in Arkansas, an exhibit here on his firing by President Truman, and an address to the people of Little Rock on a return trip to his birthplace later in his career.
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Little Rock: Japanese Internment Camps
March 30, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 10 Japanese-American internment camps were set up in the United States. The two easternmost of these were located in the Arkansas towns of Rohwer and Jerome. Our trip to the Butler Center takes the viewer into their collection of items that help paint the p...
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Little Rock: Steven Teske "Unvarnished Arkansas"
March 30, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The author tells the uncommon, colorful, and unknown stories of nine Arkansans, who while not famous, help tell the story of the state.The colorful story of Sidney Wallace.
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Little Rock:Steven Teske "Unvarnished Arkansas"
March 30, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The author tells the uncommon, colorful, and unknown stories of nine Arkansans, who while not famous, help tell the story of the state. In this clip he talks about Bernie Babcock.
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Little Rock:North Little Rock's Old Mill
March 30, 2012 (about 12 years ago)North Little Rock's Mayor Patrick Hays talks about the history of the Old Mill, which is the only building in North Little Rock to have made an appearance in the opening credits of the movie, "Gone with the Wind."
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Little Rock: Grif Stockley "Blood in Their Eyes"
March 30, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Author Grif Stockley introduces us to a little known, but devastating story in Jim Crow era Arkansas. The author looks at the evidence from this event as letters, interviews, newspaper and trial transcripts help reveal the tale of the slaughter of at least 20 African-American sharecroppers who ha...
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Little Rock: 19th Century Urban Slavery
March 30, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Explore the Historic Arkansas Museum and see a neighborhood from the time period leading up to the Civil War. While there, we learn about urban slavery in the south and how it differed from slavery practices on plantations.
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Little Rock:Integration at North Little Rock High School
March 30, 2012 (about 12 years ago)While much of the story has focused on the Little Rock 9 and Central High, on the other side of the Arkansas River, Civil Rights leaders and African-American students were trying to integrate another white high school in this area. We take you to North Little Rock High to hear from historian Cary...
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Little Rock: Presidential Gifts at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library
March 29, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Get a behind the scenes look at some of the gifts both world leaders and regular Americans gave to President and Mrs. Clinton.
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