The Garland County TEA Party will host a discussion on critical race theory with Pastor Iverson Jackson at 6:30 p.m. Monday at The Legendary Vapors, 315 Park Ave.
The event is a part of the Garland County TEA Party's ongoing program to provide information about ongoing local, state and national issues, according to a news release.
"U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton has criticized the teaching of the critical race theory as being anti-American and racist and has introduced legislation banning the teaching of the theory at any institution related to the Armed Forces," the release said.
"Members of the House have introduced a bill to ban the teaching of the contested theory because it is divisive ideology."
Jackson, who on June 12 received the Frederick Douglass Award from the African American Coalition of Arkansas, will discuss the theory and accept some questions from the public.
Jackson is the senior pastor of Zoe Bible Church in Little Rock.
He retired as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army reserves after serving 25 years.
He received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Southern Arkansas University and a master's degree in Public Administration from Webster College.
He is a graduate of Rhema Bible Training Center in Broken Arrow, Okla.
Jackson is the national vice president of Ministers Taking a S.T.A.N.D. (Staying True to America's National Destiny) and serves on the Southern University Foundation Board.
He serves on the Republican Party of Arkansas Executive Committee and the RPA Platform Committee.
The TEA Party meets every Wednesday at noon at the Hibachi Grill.
The meetings, and Monday's discussion, are free and open to the public.