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Juneteenth: UAFS BSA Shares Significance and Pride
This Juneteenth, students from the Black Student Alliance at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith share their personal reasons for pride and the significance of celebrating their culture.
June 18, 2026
UAFS Students Making Juneteenth Plans
The Declaration of Independence reads, “All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” When University of Arkansas – Fort...
June 15, 2023
Summer Reading: Juneteenth Edition
In celebration of Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States, John Blue, executive director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at UAFS compiled this incredible list of works that explore,...
June 18, 2022Media Relations
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