Obsitnik, Larry,

Biographical notes:

Persistence of the Spirit, directed by Ken Hubbell, was an interpretive study of the people and events that contributed to the black experience in Arkansas. Developed in 1986-87 by a team of humanities scholars (including Patricia Washington McGraw, Carl H. Moneyhon, Ruth Polk Patterson, Grif Stockley, Orville W. Taylor, LeRoy T. Williams, and Nudie E. Williams with Tom Baskett Jr. as editor) supported by grants (from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Public Projects and the Arkansas Humanities Council), the project included a permanent exhibit at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, traveling exhibits, booklets, classroom guides, and a 30-minute video documentary.

From the description of Judge George Howard Jr. [graphic] / Larry Obsitnik [photographer]. 1980. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 47260619

From the description of Gem Building [graphic] / Larry Obsitnik [photographer]. 1958. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 47260605

Persistence of the Spirit, directed by Ken Hubbell, was an interpretive study of the people and events that contributed to the black experience in Arkansas.

From the description of Albert Porter (left) and P.A."Les" Hollingsworth [graphic] / Larry Obsitnik [photographer]. 1982. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 47260676

From the description of Garfield Parker, Jesse Jackson, Mrs. Daisy Bates and L.C. Bates at the National Black Convention [graphic] / Larry Obsitnik [photographer]. 1974. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 47260675

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Subjects:

  • African American business enterprises
  • African American civil rights workers
  • African American government executives
  • African American judges
  • African American lawyers
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Buildings
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  • Business enterprises
  • Civil rights leaders
  • Civil rights movement
  • Clubs
  • Clubs
  • Government officials
  • Judges
  • Lawyers
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  • Organizations
  • Race discrimination
  • Race discrimination

Occupations:

  • Photographers

Places:

  • Arkansas (as recorded)
  • Arkansas (as recorded)
  • Arkansas--Little Rock (as recorded)
  • Arkansas--Little Rock (as recorded)
  • Arkansas--Little Rock (as recorded)