Judge George Howard Jr. [graphic] / Larry Obsitnik [photographer]. 1980.

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Judge George Howard Jr. [graphic] / Larry Obsitnik [photographer]. 1980.

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Negative of George Howard, Jr., on September 30, 1980. Judge Howard grew up in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas in the 1930's. In 1941, he joined the U.S. Navy serving as a Seabee during World War II. He was the first African American to serve on the State Claims Commission, the State Supreme Court, and the State Appeal Court. In 1957, he was an attorney for the NAACP. He married Vivian Smith of Pine Bluff.

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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Arkansas History Commission

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Howard, George, 1924-2007

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Arkansas History Commission

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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 ...

Obsitnik, Larry,

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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...