The Traveler

Not so long ago, and within my lifetime, blacks were not welcomed in Northwest Arkansas by all white folks. It was a place where "Whites Only" signs restricted where a black person might go and what a black person could do even 50 years ago. I remember during the mid-1950s through the late 1960s that a few black people were in attendance at some UA sports events, but I never saw them outside Fayetteville in Benton or Washington Counties.… Post the First Comment

For the most part, I think Chancellor John A. White contributed a great deal to the growth and academic progress of the UA. I felt stronger about that opinion before I learned under his leadership the university now has more highly paid administrators on the payroll than actual in-classroom faculty members.… 3 Comments