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.
Charles Stewart
Posted inArkansas Blog
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.
Posted inCover Stories
Where were you on Pharoah Sanders Day?
The early years of a Little Rock legend.
Posted inArkansas Blog
More apartments for downtown, these in SoMa corridor
Sixteen one- and two-bedroom apartments are being built at 13th and Louisiana, a block west of what is now a heartily reviving South Main commercial strip. Framing has begun and work should be finished in early 2015.