Charles Hillman Brough
Charles Hillman Brough (9 July 1876–26 December 1935) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1917 to 1921.
Charles Brough was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1916. During his administration, the state reformatory for women was founded and a girl's industrial school was opened. He signed into law a bill which allowed women to vote in primary elections. Under Brough, Arkansas became the only southern state to allow women's suffrage prior to the 19th Amendment. Brough was a liberal Democrat and publicly opposed lynching and advocated for the passage of anti-lynching laws. He was reelected as governor in 1918.
In 1919 he requested federal troops to stop the Elaine Race Riot in Elaine, Arkansas and accompanied the troops to the scene.
Brough served as president of Central College in Conway, Arkansas in 1929. Dr. Brough is buried at the Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Several global companies are headquartered in the northwest corner of Arkansas, including Wal-Mart (the world's largest public corporation by revenue in 2007), J.B. Hunt and Tyson Foods. This area of the state has experienced an economic boom since the 1970s as a result.
In recent years, automobile parts manufacturers have opened factories in eastern Arkansas to support auto plants in other states. Additionally, the city of Conway is the site of a school bus factory.
Tourism is also very important to the Arkansas economy; the official state nickname "The Natural State" was originally created (as "Arkansas Is A Natural") for state tourism advertising in the 1970s, and is still regularly used to this day.
The violence expanded beyond the meeting place and fighting in the area lasted for three days. Word traveled to neighboring states through hyperventilated newspaper reports that an 'insurrection' was occurring, which brought additional armed men into the county from outside to support the white citizens.
Arkansas Governor Charles Hillman Brough received a request for help from area whites citing a 'Negro uprising'. Brough contacted the War Department and requested federal troops. After considerable delay, approximately 600 U.S. troops arrived and found the town in chaos. The troops made their way to the area of the Hoop Spur Church where they had an exchange of gunfire with black farmers in the woods. Over the next few days the troops disarmed both parties and arrested several hundred black residents.
During this time, several African American and white citizens were killed and more wounded. At least two and possibly many more were killed by federal troops. The exact numbers of dead amongst the African-Americans are unknown, but estimates are as high as 800.
Central College flourished for fifty-five years until its demise in 1947. Following its closure, the campus lay dormant for a number of years until it was purchased in 1952. The newly formed Arkansas Missionary Baptist Association purchased the property for $85,000, and Conway Baptist College opened its doors in September 1952 with Dr. D. N. Jackson serving as the first president of the college. The name of the institution was changed in 1962 to its current appellation, Central Baptist College.
CBC has grown from approximately two dozen students to more than 500. The number of faculty has increased from five to approximately fifty full-time and part-time instructors. In addition, the curriculum has expanded to include a number of baccalaureate degree programs in areas other than Bible.
