WBC to Celebrate Black History Month

1/28/2013

Williams Baptist College has several events scheduled for the month of February in honor of Black History Month.  Activities will kick off Monday, Feb. 4, in the Eagle Coffeehouse & Grill, located in the Mabee Student Center, with a 9:30 p.m. viewing of the movie The Help.

The public is invited to a free concert in Manley Chapel on Tuesday, Feb. 5.  The KIPP Blytheville College Preparatory School Choir from Blytheville, Ark., and the KIPP Delta Collegiate High School Choir from Helena-West Helena, Ark., will perform.  The concert begins at 6:30 p.m.

Black History Month activities will conclude on Tuesday, Feb. 19.  Mabee-Gwinup Cafeteria will host a "Soul Food Night," and later that night students can participate in a poetry slam and jam in the Eagle Coffeehouse & Grill.  Current and former WBC students will honor Black history creatively through spoken word, skits, artwork and various other outlets.  The open-mic night begins at 6:30 p.m.