BLACK HISTORY AT SPCCS - The Living Wax Museum
Some of our middle schoolers with members of the cast of the Living Wax Museum
Learning does not stop at the classroom door.
Middle School enjoyed the the Pleasant Hill Living Wax Museum on 2,8,2022 at the St Peter Claver Church as part of Black History Month. Members of the parish portrayed Black authors from Pleasant Hill.
Middle School stayed after school, did their homework in aftercare, had a pizza party and then attended the event.
Mrs. Karen Lynch our Middle School English Language Arts teacher offered 'extra credit' for those students that completed a reflection piece on what they learned or what struck them. You can read some of their reflection pieces here.
They learned LOTS especially about the wealth of literature and history surrounding them in our Beloved Pleasant Hill.
Angel Irving, an SPCCS alumna, portrayed author Jeanne Herring, yet another SPCCS alumna!
Avril Cobb portrayed Tina McElroy Ansa, yet another SPCCS alumna!
Muriel Jackson, an SPCCS alumna, portrayed Ellen Craft.
SPCCS ROCKS!!
Middle School learned about:
Tina McElroy Ansa, an alumna, novelist, filmmaker, teacher and journalist. St. Peter Catholic School alum and girl from Pleasant Hill. She graduated from Spelman College. Her first job after college was on the copy desk of The Atlanta Constitution, where she was the first black woman to work on the morning newspaper.
William S. Scarborough rose out of slavery in Macon to a prolific scholarly career that culminated with his presidency of Wilberforce University.
John Oliver Killens, born January 14, 1916, on Ward Street Macon, American writer and activist known for his politically charged novels—particularly Youngblood (1954)—and his contributions to the Black Arts movement and as a founder of the Harlem Writers Guild.
Jeanne Herring is an SPCCS alum and a former teacher at Miller High School in Macon, and now lives and teaches in Columbus, Georgia. An advocate for the preservation of all history, Herring provides insight into Macon's past, and through this work, reminds readers that we are all standing on the shoulders of a previous generation. It is time to look back and value what they did.
William and Ellen Craft ran a THOUSAND miles to freedom from Macon. They devised a daring plan in which light-skinned Ellen disguised herself as a man and her husband William posed as her servant. They reached England and wrote a brief memoir that recounts their journey northward in 1848, when they made their way to Philadelphia and later settled in Boston, where they were active in abolitionist circles.
A wonderful evening was had by all.
Learning does not stop at the classroom door.