🖤 Today in Black History…. “Privacy in organizing isn’t secrecy — it’s safety.” Today in 1957 — Little Rock, Arkansas: City officials tried to force the NAACP to turn over its membership and donor lists. Daisy Bates and other leaders refused and were arrested on October 31. Their case traveled up the courts and, in 1960, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bates v. Little Rock that compelled disclosure violated freedom of association. The decision protected supporters from retaliation and strengthe

Arkansas remembers. A memorial service was held at the Third Street Baptist Church in Arkadelphia, Ark., in honor of Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rufus Brown, on Sept. 27. Aviators of the 77th Combat Aviation Brigade paid tribute to their brethren pilot by assembling a missing man formation and flying over the church where the service was held. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Spc. Stephen Wright) | Arkansas National Guard