MISSION STATEMENT
This History Gallery’s charge is to ensure that Little Rock’s African American history is not something that is marginal, vague, hazy, or unimportant. History informs and gives understanding to what helped to shape us into who we are today. While history reveals information that is positive and negative, the purpose is to provide a clear understanding of why it matters. The decisions that are made everyday certainly have portions of who, why, and what came before us.
One
of
the
most
important
parts
of
any
culture
is
the
preservation
of
its
history.
In
so
many
pursuits,
people
turn
to
to
libraries,
universities,
historical
societies,
museums
and
certain
historical
online
sites
for
information
because
these
repositories
are
purposed
to
store
treasures
of
the
past.
Many
of
these
sources
have
none
or
brief
information
written
by
someone
who
did
not
experience
the
history
that
is
preserved
in
this
Gallery.
The
preservation
of
history
requires
comittment
and
not
simple
neglect
and
indifference.
At
the
risk
of
losing
priceless
documents
and
artifacts,
this
Gallery
has
become
the
repository
where
some
people
initially
learn
about
the
impact
of
Little
Rock’s
past
educational
system,
and
the
affects
on
their
communities.
They
not
only
can
view
images
or
documents,
in
many
instances
they
are
able
to
examine
artifacts.
The
motto
underwhich
this
Gallery
operates
serves
as
the
foundational
purpose
of
this
Gallery:
“Until
lions
have
their
own
historians,
tales
of
the
hunt
shall always golrify the hunter.”
——————————————————
Faye Perry Russ
“Do something today for which your
future self will be thankful.”
Welcome
Out of the Attic History Gallery 2023
