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" In 1819 when the Arkansas Territory was created, the elimination of property requirements for voting combined with the raucous spirit of the frontier produced a new style of mass participation in American politics. The results were crude and often vulgar, but thoroughly democratic. In Arkansas, this manifested itself in politics less centered on parties and ideology than on the personalities of those involved. So personal were the politics of the
times that political campaigns often culminated in duels.
As statehood approached, regional disputes replaced personal ones. Yeomen farmers and stockmen from the highlands often found themselves at odds with the growing wealth and power of the delta planters. This persisted until the very eve of the Civil War. Union sympathizers in the northwest portion of the state successfully blocked secession right up to the eleventh hour. When it became clear that war between the North and the South was inevitable, however,
most would cast their fate with their fellow Arkansans.
The Civil War devastated Arkansas. Its only positive consequences were the ending of slavery and the granting of political rights to African-Americans. This transformation of the established order often led to violence during Reconstruction and continued long after the ex-Confederates were returned to power. Arkansas passed its first segregationist "Jim Crow" law in 1891. That same year also produced a change in voting laws that barred blacks from
power until the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
The coming of Jim Crow in Arkansas was largely a response to an alliance between blacks and poor white farmers that very nearly seized control of state government in 1888. In addition to disfranchising African-Americans, Arkansas Democrats responded by moving dramatically to the left, embracing the populist rhetoric of their rivals. The master of this championing of the common man was Jeff Davis, Arkansas's colorful turn-of-the-century governor. Davis was
followed by genuine reformism. Arkansas Democrats found themselves in the vanguard of the Progressive wing of the national party. Arkansans played a key role in the presidential campaigns of William Jennings Bryan and later helped propel Woodrow Wilson to the White House.
This legacy endured for generations. For decades, Arkansas remained one of the strongest Democratic Party-controlled states in the country and exhibited a populist streak that set it apart from other Southern states.
Carl Moneyhon, Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, served as author and guest curator for On the Stump. Additional materials were provided by the museum’s staff."
Source: Old State House
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Population (year 2000): 183,133
Males: 86,322 (47.1%), Females: 96,811
(52.9%)
Elevation: 350 feet
County: Pulaski
Land area: 116.2 square miles
Zip codes: 72201..72207, 72209..72212, 72214..72217, 72221..72223,
72295, 72231, 72227, 72225, 72219.
Median resident age: 34.5 years
Median household income:
$37,572 (year 2000)
Median house value: $89,300 (year 2000)
Races in Little Rock:
- White Non-Hispanic (54.0%)
- Black (40.4%)
- Hispanic (2.7%)
- Other race (1.3%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries: English (8.8%), German (8.6%), United States (7.8%),
Irish (7.3%), Scotch-Irish (2.6%), French (2.0%).
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For population 25 years and over in Little Rock city
- High school or higher: 85.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 35.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 13.4%
- Unemployed: 6.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.5 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Little Rock city
- Never married: 29.7%
- Now married: 48.8%
- Separated: 2.3%
- Widowed: 6.7%
- Divorced: 12.5%
3.8% Foreign born (1.5% Asia, 1.3% Latin America, 0.7%
Europe).
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Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Memphis, TN (164.3 miles, pop. 650,100).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (334.2 miles, pop. 1,188,580).
Nearest cities: Cammack
Village, AR (3.2 miles), North
Little Rock, AR (6.0 miles), Sweet Home,
AR (7.1 miles), College Station,
AR (7.3 miles), Parkers-Iron
Springs, AR (8.8 miles), Shannon
Hills, AR (9.2 miles), Maumelle, AR
(9.7 miles), McAlmont, AR (10.2 miles).
Area code: 501
Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social
services (25.8%), Retail trade
(11.3%).
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Crime in Little Rock (2001):
- 34 murders (18.6 per 100,000)
- 92 rapes (50.2 per 100,000)
- 617 robberies (336.9 per 100,000)
- 1,130 assaults (617.0 per 100,000)
- 3,630 burglaries (1982.2 per 100,000)
- 9,841 larceny counts (5373.7 per 100,000)
- 1,522 auto thefts (831.1 per 100,000)
- City-data.com crime index = 683.3 (higher means more crime, US average =
330.6)
Hospitals/medical centers in Little Rock:
- ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (800 MARSHALL STREET)
- ARKANSAS HEART HOSPITAL (1701 SOUTH SHACKLEFORD ROAD)
- ARKANSAS STATE HOSP PSYCHIATRIC DIV (4313 WEST MARKHAM STREET)
- BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER (9601 INTERSTATE 630, EXIT 7)
- BAPTIST HEALTH REHABILITATION INSTITUT (9601 INTERSTATE 630 EXIT 7)
- PINNACLE POINTE
HOSPITAL (11501 FINANCIAL CENTRE PARKWAY)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL (2 ST VINCENT CIRCLE, SIXTH FLOOR)
- SEMPERCARE HOSPITAL OF LITTLE ROCK (9601 INTERSTATE 630 EXIT 7)
- SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (11401 INTERSTATE 30)
- ST VINCENT INFIRMARY MEDICAL CENTER (TWO ST VINCENT CIRCLE)
- UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF ARKANSAS THE (4301 WEST MARKHAM STREET SLOT
728)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Little
Rock:
- ADAMS FIELD (about 9 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; ID: LIT)
- LITTLE ROCK AFB (about 18 miles; JACKSONVILLE, AR; ID: LRF)
- MEMORIAL FIELD (about 56 miles; HOT SPRINGS, AR; ID: HOT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Little Rock:
- NORTH LITTLE ROCK MUNI (about 8 miles; NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR; ID: 1M1)
- SALINE COUNTY/WATTS FIELD (about 23 miles; BENTON, AR; ID: M99)
- DENNIS F CANTRELL FIELD (about 24 miles; CONWAY, AR; ID: M03)
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