The Arkansas Journey
Nov 21, 2007 Uncategorized
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Carolyn
Arkansas’ Flag and Banner and it’s founder, Kerry McCoy are featured in a new Arkansas history textbook entitled, “The Arkansas Journey” by Berry Trey. McCoy and her company are named as an example of “The Entrepreneurial Spirit” in Arkansas. In the chapter named “Making a living in Arkansas,” Kerry McCoy’s name is mentioned as a “name to know” among other noted Arkansans such as Sam Walton of Wal Mart, William T. Dillard of Dillard’s department stores, and Charles H. Murphy Jr. of Murphy Oil Company.
When asked how she felt about being mentioned among such noteworthy business people, Kerry McCoy was very pleased. “But it is particularly special for me to be mentioned in “The Arkansas Journey,” because it is a textbook used in the Arkansas schools in which I was raised. I was never a great student and sometimes feared that my ability to excel in school would hinder me from becoming a success. I can only hope that my story and that of Arkansas’ Flag and Banner can possibly give hope to other children who are not naturally good students and show them that if they refuse to give up, they can make their way in the world even if they do not fit evenly between the lines that the education system sometimes appears to impose.”
Kerry McCoy with Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee
October 12th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Do you know about any study materials to use with Arkansas Journey?
October 12th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Thank-you
October 14th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I tried to find some information about this but can’t find any study guides. I hadn’t heard of any either. You might try the publisher. Good luck.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:27 am
yes i thinck im going to like this book plus our class is studing the book we are threw with the other book we have done
April 3rd, 2009 at 1:43 am
Hi I am a 7th grade user(at Henderson Middle School in Little Rock) of this textbook. It has amazing details and the contents of this book teaches me in a whole new way. We are not allowed to take the books home due to the few copies we have, but if we could i would take it and read it to the very end. Many other Arkansas textbooks don’t elaborate the book alot like this one. So Thanks Ms.Berry for changing my history into a whole new world of learning.
October 28th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
could you give me some facts or twitter me at: kierra harris need information on harriet beecher stowe and john brown on how they reacted to slavery