We talk with Charles Stewart, who worked his way up the corporate chain at Regions Financial Corp. to become the first Black banking executive in Arkansas, helped integrate women and other minorities into the workforce during his tenure on the Arkansas State Police Commission, put his efforts toward ending hunger and poverty at Heifer International and now serves as CEO and co-founder of the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.
Arkansas Black Hall of Fame
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Arkansas Black Hall of Fame announces its 2023 inductees
The class of 2023 includes Rev. Jerry Black, surgeon Dr. Ronda Henry-Tillman, Judge Joyce Williams Warren, business leader Curtis Howse, agriculture executive and entrepreneur Harvey P. Wiley Sr. and jazz musician and composer James H. Leary, who will be honored posthumously.
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Arkansas Black Hall of Fame hosts Phyllis Yvonne Stickney on Tuesday
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney — an award-winning actress, comedian, writer and a 1998 inductee to the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame — will speak at ABHOF’s 12th annual Distinguished Laureate Series. The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center is hosting the event, which is free and open to the public and will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28.
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On Pharoah Sanders (1940-2022)
By whittling away the trappings of verse-chorus-verse in favor of humanity-universe-humanity, Sanders cut straight to the core for his listeners, many of whom liken a piece like “The Creator Has A Master Plan” to a transcendental trip, or a medicinal salve.
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Black Hall of Fame gala funds ongoing work to boost equity and opportunity
Beyond feting the honorees, these galas yield funds that potentially seed the next generations of Black Hall of Fame inductees.