The Arkansas Friends of Professor Joseph Carter Corbin and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will host Professor Joseph Carter Corbin Day and Scholars Reception from 2–4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at New St. Hurricane Missionary Baptist Church, 3319 S. Ohio St., the Pine Bluff Commercial community calendar reported.
Featured speaker is UAPB Chancellor Anthony Graham. Organizers describe Corbin as a visionary educator, linguist, mathematician, scholar and Arkansas State Superintendent of Public Instruction during Reconstruction — and a founder of the institution that became UAPB. A reception follows; admission is free, with registration requested.
Registration: Constant Contact registration page.
Source: Pine Bluff Commercial — Calendar 9-23-26 (Sept. 23, 2026).
