Neel Awarded Inaugural Grant from Rutherford Endowment to Create Oral History of Ralph Bunche Community

A UA Little Rock student is one of four students selected across the University of Arkansas System who is an inaugural recipient of a grant honoring James L. "Skip" Rutherford III, dean emeritus of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.

Brian Neel, a Pine Bluff native who is pursuing a master's degree in history, will use his $1,000 grant to fund research on the Ralph Bunche community, a predominantly Black neighborhood in Benton. Funds will help pay for his equipment and travel for the oral history project, which will explore the impact of segregation and desegregation on the community.

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