The University of Central Arkansas’ Students for the Propagation of Black Culture hosted a Live Museum on Feb. 22. The theme was “Remembering the Legacy.”

Senior Black History Month committee chairman and SPBC chaplain Marvin Russell said, “This is an event where we actually kind of remember the people that brought us over, remembering the legacy, as you can tell on the title. We are actually seeing some of those characters come to life and some of our students portray those characters in such a great manner.” 

This event was the fifth of six events the SPBC held for this semester. Russell agreed that this timeframe of events during Black History Month may be the apex of SPBC’s semester. Black History Month is already a proud time for the SPBC, but to have these powerful events paralleling Black History Month makes this even more special for them.

The event was made possible by multiple student volunteers. Each volunteer was designated a character they must portray. 

Russell maintained the notion that this event took a look at important Black figures that do not receive praise like they should. Russell hoped to help others learn about some of the figures in Black history that they do not teach about in school, like Colin Powell, Charley Pride, Jeni LeGon and Gwen Ifill.

Russell said, “What we do is call our volunteers up to the stage by their character name, and they will come up there and they will speak about their character and they will kind of bring their character to life. Some people will have props and some will not. Some people have dressed up as some of those characters as well. So we will get to see those characters come to life, even the ones we do not know as well.”

These volunteers come from the SPBC, but some come from other RSO’s. Russell was elated to recognize the fact that the SPBC receives such strong support from other groups on campus.

The SPBC had one more event left for the semester. The talent show was Friday, Feb. 25, in what Russell called “going out with a bang.”