African American History

The Remarkable Arkansas Woman Mentioned in ‘Hidden Figures’
The Remarkable Arkansas Woman Mentioned in ‘Hidden Figures’
The Remarkable Arkansas Woman Mentioned in ‘Hidden Figures’
Have you seen the movie Hidden Figures with Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner? If you haven't you really need to because it's about the brilliant African American women who worked at NASA in the early 1960s. But before those historic women, there was another woman named Dorothy McFadden Hoover whose work was mentioned in the film, and Dorothy was from Hope, Arkansas.
A&M Celebrates African American History With Theatre Group
A&M Celebrates African American History With Theatre Group
A&M Celebrates African American History With Theatre Group
Texas A&M University-Texarkana and the Texarkana Museums System will present Celebrate, a program featuring lectures, readings and three performances by the Bright Star Touring Theatre Company this Friday, February 15. The day-long program begins at 9AM and the final performance of the day begins at 6PM. The event is free and open to the public.