Gillam Park

Gillam Park is a park in the Granite Mountain neighborhood located south of Interstate 440 on the southeastern edge of Little Rock, Arkansas.

The 375-acre park was founded as a recreational facility for black residents during the period of Jim Crow racial segregation laws. Little Rock voters passed a revenue bond for the park in February 1949.

References

John A. Kirk, "'A Study in Second-Class Citizenship': Race, Urban Development and Little Rock's Gillam Park, 1934-2004," Arkansas Historical Quarterly 64.3 (Autumn 2005): 262-286.