Newspaper article, "Pulaski County Family Wins Top Award for Year", this article concerns Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Cunningham [graphic]. 1964.

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Newspaper article, "Pulaski County Family Wins Top Award for Year", this article concerns Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Cunningham [graphic]. 1964.

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Negative taken of December 6, 1964, Arkansas gazette article "Pulaski County Family Wins Top Award for Year," 4A:2. The William Claiborne Cunningham family of Wrightsville, Pulaski County, Arkansas was named the Negro Farm Family of the Year for working to build a 750 acres farm inherited in 1946 laden with debts into a $100,000 farm in 1964. They began farming with only a team of horses and very poor equipment. By 1964 they were growing alfalfa, soybeans, wheat, cotton and cattle. The recognition program was held at Arkansas Argricultural Mechanical and Normal (A.M. & N) College (now University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

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