Entertainment
In the evenings, Little Rock comes to life with the sounds of jazz, rap, hip-hop, and R&B. Little Rock is home to a vibrant mix of musicians, singers, and band leaders who make sure that a night out in our city is a night like no other.
Little Rock. Big Sound.
Black Entertainers
Explore Little Rock
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The Little Rock Nine
In the fall of 1957, Little Rock became the symbol of state resistance to school desegregation.
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Our Commitment & Leadership
Little Rock is a city made of people of different ages, races, ethnicities, levels of ability, sexual orientations, gender identities, religions and socio-economic statuses, and we are at our best when these…
![a sculpture of two people, facing one another, holding onto a crescent in Little Rock](https://littlerock.imgix.net/images/black-history-800x600.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=min&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=320&q=80&w=320&s=07dbe942dadbcf8b57c0b4028d1b0e36 320w, https://littlerock.imgix.net/images/black-history-800x600.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=min&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=540&q=80&w=540&s=9d8d5235811e23b5c3749afc27e3357c 540w, https://littlerock.imgix.net/images/black-history-800x600.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=min&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=768&q=80&w=768&s=ce3b6afdd3b49c4f58cd15cfebc12960 600w)
Black History & Culture
Little Rock is no stranger to the changing tide of history and its power to shape a community.
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Black-Owned Restaurants
Local businesses are the lifeblood of any community, and Little Rock’s Black-owned businesses are thriving.
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U.S. Civil Rights Trail
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Attractions
Walking through Little Rock is like strolling through history.