#little rock arkansas

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The Day It Came to Earth | 1977

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Big love for Little Rock

So much love for my friends in North Little Rock, Arkansas! 

It was great to see everyone entering the first week of 2023 laughing. I was asked to do a one-hour show each night so it was a treat to have extra time with the audiences. 

Loved sharing the stage with our host Cedrik “Doc” Whittaker and Bair, our feature. I hope we cross paths again very soon! Thank you to Brett for running a tight ship and for the amazing post-show conversation. Also, thank you to the local comics who came out to support this new comedy series! It was an honor to be its first headliner! 

And a huge thanks to Adam and Sarah Farrell for the opportunity to return to The Joint Comedy Theater, which I think is one of the finest cabaret theatres in the country. Until next time!

Next stop: El Paso, Texas!

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A couple from tonight

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A rally at the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock to protest the integration of the Little Rock High School. The photo was taken on August 20, 1959 -- nearly two years after the first nine black students had been enrolled --  by John T. Bledsoe, a staff photographer from U.S. News and World Report.  After failing to get integration delayed until January,1961, the Little Rock School Board closed all public schools for the year beginning in 1958. The whites blamed the blacks for the school closures, and hate crimes against blacks escalated during that year. In May ,1959, some of the segregationist school board members were replaced with more moderate members, and the still integrated schools began the 1959-60 school year on August 12, a few weeks earlier than usual.

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There’s plenty to do in the Little Rock area year-round. In addition to the indoor and outdoor activities you can enjoy in any season, there are a few that are particularly well-suited for winter exploration. Click on our blog to read about these amazing winter activities from Little Rock, AR!

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Big love for North Little Rock

So much love for my friends in North Little Rock, Arkansas! It was great to see everyone entering the first week of 2023 laughing. I was asked to do a one-hour show each night so it was a treat to have extra time with the audiences.

Loved sharing the stage with our host Cedrik “Doc” Whittaker and Bair, our feature. I hope we cross paths again very soon!

Thank you to Brett for running a tight ship and for the amazing post-show conversation. Also, thank you to the local comics who came out to support this new comedy series! It was an honor to be its first headliner!

And a huge thanks to Adam and Sarah Farrell for the opportunity to return to The Joint Comedy Theater, which I think is one of the finest cabaret theatres in the country.

Until next time!

Next stop: El Paso, Texas!

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Little Rock, AR has some unique places where you can enjoy a meal with friends. Click to read our blog about our 4 favorite vegetarian restaurants. 

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Today we remember the courage of the Little Rock Nine. ✊🏽

On this day in 1957, nine Black students became symbols of the fight to desegregate U.S. public schools after an angry mob prevented them from entering Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. The Little Rock Nine faced threats, violence, and unimaginable adversity, yet they stood firm in the pursuit of equality.  

We are inspired by their bravery and strength, and honor them today: Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray, Thelma Mothershed, and Melba Pattillo.

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Arkansas-Little Rock Dancer

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Speak Now World Tour

October 4, 2011 - Little Rock, Arkansas

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The Day It Came to Earth | 1977

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Black Student Fighting Back 1958

Johnny Gray, 15, punches a white student during a scuffle in Little Rock, Arkansas. Johnny and his sister, Mary (standing behind him), were en route to their segregated school when the two whites in the photo ordered them to get off the sidewalk.

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Different stages of the sunset tonight

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Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city of Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults, has died at age 83. Mothershed Wair died Saturday at a hospital in Little Rock after having complications from multiple sclerosis, her sister, Grace Davis, confirmed Sunday to The Associated Press. The students who integrated Central High School were known as the Little Rock Nine. For three weeks in September 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used the National Guard to block the Black students from enrolling in Central High, three years after the U.S. Supreme Court declared segregated classrooms were unconstitutional. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent members of the Army’s 101st Airborne Division to escort the students into school on Sept. 25, 1957. Davis said she was enrolled at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville when her sister and the other students — Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Melba Pattillo, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas and Carlotta Walls — integrated Central High School.

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Little Rock, AR, offers several idyllic spots and nature reserves where you relax, take a break, and have a picnic with your family. Click to read out blog about three of the best picnic spots within driving distance of the downtown area.