THIS DATE IN ARKANSAS HISTORY 19-Apr 1899 George Sengal of Fort Smith calls for selecting men of ability and progressive ideas for the next legislature, because the present lot has done us great harm abroad with image that state is 50 years behind the age. 19-Apr 1886 Texarkana residents express fears that black members joining the Knights of Labor would be the blind instruments of some bold Communist like Martin Irons. 19-Apr 1971 Mountain Pine School District terminates high school teacher Mary Appler because books assigned for high school students to read -- Moby Dick, Lord of Flies, John Hersey A. Single Pebble, The Tea House of the August Moon –used language that does not meet approved moral standards. 19-Apr 1999 Fayetteville pulls plug on $100,000 annual economic development contract with Chamber of Commerce. Alderman Cyrus Young, critic of the Chamber, asked, Where are the results? Where is the industry? 19-Apr 1999 UA Students Against Sweatshops pressed administrators to support changes to code of conduct addressing womens rights and realistic wages to ensure colleges trademark apparel isnt made by mistreated foreign workers. 19-Apr 1990 Tom McRae, candidate for Democratic nomination for governor, issued a six-point environmental program and said Governor Bill Clinton had neglected environmental issues during his 10 years in office. 19-Apr 1991 Institute of Southern Studies report, The 1991-92 Green Index: A State-by-State Guide to the Nations Environmental Health, ranked Arkansas 50th among states on environmental policies. 19-Apr 1976 Arkansas Democratic party says Paragould Municipal Judge C.B. Erwin should not be on ballot in May 25 primary for Chancery Judge. A $100 check Erwin wrote for his filing fee bounced. 19-Apr 1986 Jonathan Kozol told Project Literacy conference that illiteracy numbs the ability of people to function in democratic society, unless checked the political and economic survival of the country will be in doubt. 19-Apr 1995 Richard Hensley, Mayor of Bradford, indicted by federal grand jury for conspiracy and possession of 65 pounds of marijuana. 19-Apr 1996 Betty Bumpers and Barbara Pryor unveiled a portrait of Senator Hattie Caraway at state Capitol, will be moved to U.S. Capitol in June. Painted by Arkadelphia native, Little Rock artist John Oliver Buckley. 19-Apr 2000 Drew County Quorum Court appoints Chief Deputy Bobby Eggleston as Drew County Sheriff, second black Sheriff in Arkansas. 19-Apr 2006 EEOC administrative law judge finds that officials of the Forrest City Federal Correctional Institution unlawfully racially harassed facilities manager Rickey Martin and awarded $50,000 in damages.
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