John C. Rollins Explained

John C. Rollins was a state legislator in Arkansas.^[1] He represented Ashley County in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1873. He was a Republican.^[2] He was one of the African Americans who served in Arkansas’ legislature during and after the Reconstruction era^[3] until the 1970s when voting restrictions imposed by Democrats during the Jim Crow era were lifted in the Civil Rights era.

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes and References

1. Web site: Encyclopedia of Arkansas .
2. Web site: Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
3. Web site: Remembering Early African-American Arkansas Legislators : Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson. governor.arkansas.gov.