Carroll Cloar (January 18, 1913 – April 10, 1993) was a nationally known 20th century painter born in Earle, Arkansas, who focused his work on surreal views of Southern U.S. themes and on portraying childhood memories of natural scenery, buildings, and people.
Join us for the 2014 Delta Conference, Two Sides of the River, where presenter Stanton Thomas will speak on Carroll Cloar's Delta.
Discover more resources about Cloar and his works in our U of M Libraries' research guide: Early and Rare: Selections from the Carroll and Pat Cloar Collection
A Life Is More Than a Moment: the Desegration of Little Rock's Central High by 
African American Religion and the Civil Rights Movement in Arkansas by 
American Congo: the African American freedom struggle in the Delta by 
The Black Worker: Race, Labor, and Civil Rights since Emancipation by 
Few Comforts or Surprises: the Arkansas Delta by 
Arkansas Delta Region
Arkansas Delta music is known for its deep blues/gospel
roots but is set apart from the rest of the Mississippi Delta
music by a heavier influence of country music and R&B elements. Arkansas blues musicians have influenced every genre of blues, including ragtime, hokum, country blues, Delta blues, boogie-woogie, jump blues, Chicago blues, and blues-rock.
Have a Delta Music question? Ask an Ethnomusicologist - leave questions in the "Comments" section below or send an email to jtfritts@memphis.edu.
Check out the U of M Music Library's CD collection of Arkansas Delta music:
Delta Empire: Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Agriculture in the New South by 
A Savory History of Arkansas Delta Food: Potlikker, Coon Suppers & Chocolate Gravy! by Join us for the 2014 Delta Conference, Two Sides of the River, where presenter Julia Reed will speak on A Taste of the Delta.
