Negative taken from poster (copyright 1958 T.J. Johnson, Memphis, TN) of outstanding African American Leaders-Builders of Interracial Goodwill: Mrs. Anna M.P. Strong, Scott Bond and Mrs. Eliza Miller. Born into a Quaker home in the late 19th century, Anna Mae Paschal Strong began her education at Southland College, a Quaker School in Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas. In 1955, Strong was named "Woman if the Year" by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and received an honorary doctorate degree from Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College (now University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. Anna Mae Paschal Strong was married to Wilford A. Strong, a contractor and builder, with whom she had two children. Scott Bond was born in 1853 near Canton, Marion County, Mississippi, and later moved as a child to Fayette County, Tennessee then to Cross County, Arkansas. In 1872, he moved to Madison, Saint Francis County, Arkansas with his step-father where he grew to adulthood. By 1917 he was one of the largest landowners, merchants and stock raisers in Arkansas. He owned 21 farms and 1200 acres of land, five cotton gins and a general store. 1 He became nationally known as the gravel king of America. Scott Bond died March 24, 1933, when he was fatally injured by one of his registered bulls. Eliza Ann Ross Miller was born in Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas in 1867. Mrs. Miller was a former school teacher who became an admired business executive, civic and religious leader. Eliza Miller married Rev. Abraham H. Miller in 1887; together they had five children who lived to adulthood. The Millers acquired large amounts of land that Eliza took an active role in managing. Miller was also the first women to build and operate a movie theater in Arkansas, called the Plaza Movie Theater in Helena. Eliza Miller operated the Movie Theater until her death in 1937.
