Category: Communities
By Wesley Brown — Cassandra Kidd has come full circle in her banking career. And that path led her back to where she started – southwest Little Rock. Having been in the banking and financial sector for more than three decades, Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank selected Kidd last year as one of nine bankers to lead […]
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack sent letters to Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders and 15 other governors urging them to repair the $12 billion disparity in funding between land-grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other universities in their states. In the letter to Sanders, Cardona and […]
New state board officers were elected last month at the annual state meeting in Hot Springs. Barry Jefferson of the Jacksonville Branch defeated Rizelle Aaron of the North Little Rock Branch and Scott Green of the Little Rock Branch to win the state presidency. A total of seven at-large members were elected, including Deborah Rhodes, […]
Meet Santa Chris, Arkansas’s Black Santa “I still remember his name, Peyton,” says Chris Kennedy aka “Santa Chris” as he runs his fingers through his white beard and recalls the moment that still impacts him today. In a state of amazement, Peyton said to Santa Chris, “You look just like me.” Then, he pressed his […]