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Arkansas Governor's School

Once each week is a required film, the first of which is usually Koyaanisqatsi.


Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork

Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork (ISBN 978-0446578066), subtitled "A 12-Step Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle", is a book by former Arkansas governor and 2008 United States Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.

Virgil Blossom

In 1955, after the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that American public schools must be integrated, Blossom developed a plan for gradual integration that was put into effect in 1957, despite opposition from Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus.


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1985 State of the Union Address

The Democratic Party response was delivered by Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas, Governor Bob Graham of Florida and House Speaker Tip O'Neill.

1992 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

Arkansas governor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton was in attendance.

Amagon, Arkansas

Amagon is the birthplace of current Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe.

Deep South

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee fared well in the Deep South in 2008 Republican primaries, losing only one state (South Carolina) while running (he had dropped out of the race before the Mississippi primary).

Elana Wills

On September 2, 2008, she was appointed by Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe to fill a judgeship on the Arkansas Supreme Court following the retirement of Justice Tom Glaze.

Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation

Famous Alumni include former Arkansas Governor and Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam, actors James Van Der Beek, Raviv Ullman and Shannon Elizabeth, Miami Heat basketball player Shane Battier, Doug Wilson, host and designer of TLC's Trading Spaces show, Apprentice star and entrepreneur Toral Mehta and founder Hugh O'Brian.

Interstate 49

Groundbreaking occurred on July 8, 2011 with a public ceremony that included Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, and Senator Mark Pryor.