100 YEARS AGO March 31, 1914
The organization of a Political Equality League at Augusta, Woodruff county, Saturday, marks the beginning of an Arkansas Political Equality League, according to Mrs. O. F. Ellington, president of the Little Rock Political Equality League. “The Augusta League starts off with fine prospects,” said Mrs. Ellington yesterday. “Mrs. Rufus Fitzhugh, well known in Arkansas Federation of Women’s Club circles, is president. Two former state senators will be members of the Advisory Board. This is the start of a state-wide league, which is going to be a factor in Arkansas affairs.”
50 YEARS AGO March 31, 1964
Rev. Richard Hardie, president of the Little Rock Ministerial Association, appealed today to Negro community leaders “to consider seriously calling the boycott off for a few weeks to give time to work further on setting up a biracial committee.” A member of the executive committee of the (Negro) Council on Community Affairs (COCA) said he felt his colleagues are willing to discuss the appeal from the white minister which closely followed the request of Supt. Floyd Parsons who said Monday he felt calling the boycott only two weeks before it was to take place was unfair.
25 YEARS AGO March 31, 1989
Razorback football is on for War Memorial Stadium this year. The University of Arkansas football team is virtually certain to play in Little Rock this fall under a proposal revealed Thursday committing $280,000 to repair crumbling concrete in the state-owned stadium and replace its electrical system. The deteriorating concrete and electrical system were considered the stadium’s most pressing safety problems. University Athletic Director Frank Broyles had vowed to play all Razorback home games in Fayetteville if repairs weren’t made.
10 YEARS AGO March 31, 2004
WRIGHTSVILLE - Inmates who gather for religious services at the Arkansas Department of Correction’s Wrightsville Unit spill into the hallway outside a 60-seat classroom converted into a chapel. A plan is under way to build a 300-seat chapel to serve the more than 1,000 inmates. The trick is that the needed $300,000 must be raised privately. “Because of the separation between church and state, that is something the state cannot do with state money,” Correction Department spokesman Dina Tyler said Tuesday at a news conference held at the unit to kick off the fund raising.
Arkansas, Pages 8 on 03/31/2014