Annie Mae Bankhead defends EOA. October 22, 1985. [graphic] / Jeff Mitchell [photographer]. 1985.

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Annie Mae Bankhead defends EOA. October 22, 1985. [graphic] / Jeff Mitchell [photographer]. 1985.

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Negative taken of Annie Mae Bankhead defending the EOA (Economic Opportunity Agency). Annie Mae Bankhead (December 16, 1904 - January 28, 1989) was born in Mississippi, and moved with her parents in 1926 to College Station, Arkansas, a small community southeast of Little Rock. She devoted her life to improving the community, organizing the first Young People's Church Club and helping to register voters. In the 1960's, she organized the Progressive League of College Station, for city utilities into the community. She also organized and promoted the Head Start program for preschoolers, represented Arkansas in 1966 on President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty Advisory Committee. She helped establish a credit union, health clinic and the YMCA in College Station. She served as a member of the Arkansas Electoral College to cast a vote for Jimmy Carter for president. She received many rewards during her life among them: Woman of Conscience Award from the National Council of Women of the United States; the National Brotherhood and Humanitarian Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews; and the Distinguished Citizen's Award from the Governor's Office of Volunteerism and KARK-TV, Channel 4; the Human Interest Award from the Jefferson Comprehensive Care Center Inc.; named Woman of the Year in 1971 by the Arkansas Democrat; named Senior Peacemaker of Arkansas by the Arkansas Peace Center in 1984.

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Mitchell, Jeffry, 1958-

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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...

Economic Opportunity Agency (Little Rock, Ark.)

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Bankhead, Annie Mae, 1904-1989.

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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 ...