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Angelina College Honoring Black History Month

By: Gary Stallard

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Series of Events Highlights Cultural Contributions

Starting this month and extending throughout the end of February, Angelina College will honor Black History Month with a series of events including art galleries, guest speakers, and musical performances.

Beginning with an exhibition opening Monday, Jan. 22 in the Angelina Center for the Arts Gallery (with a reception taking place starting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23), the college will host several events geared toward raising awareness of cultural contributions in all forms.

Returning artists include Gary Roberts and Karen Christopher, among others, with Roberts scheduled to lead a gospel singing event.

All events offer free admission to the public.

For further information, contact Krista Brown at kbrown@angelina.edu or Le’Anne Alexander at lalexander@angelina.edu.

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Gary Stallard
Sports Information Director Gary Stallard, who also serves as a Liberal Arts Instructor, begins his eleventh season with Angelina College. Following a career as a U.S. Marine, Stallard completed his bachelor’s degree at Stephen F. Austin University, where he majored in English and Journalism. For more than 16 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News; he continues to contribute free-lance articles on occasion. Stallard has won several awards for writing, including the Golden Hoops Award for basketball writing in 2003, Regional Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, and the Texas Press Association’s first-place award for column writing in 2007 and in 2014. He has also done basketball, football and baseball radio and live streaming play-by- play and color commentary for an ESPN affiliate. Currently Stallard serves as play-by-play broadcaster for AC basketball, baseball and softball games. Prior to arriving at Angelina College, Stallard taught English at Lufkin High School for four years. He currently teaches Developmental Writing classes at AC. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.

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