Contributed by Scott Lipscomb

Two AUC legends are now forever enshrined after having Spelman College’s performing arts building named after them. LaTanya Richard Jackson(Spelman ‘71) and Samuel L Jackson(Morehouse ‘72) are the honorees of the new building.

Richard Jackson who is a producer, director and actress developed her skills at Spelman’s Baldwin Burroughs Theatre alongside future movie mainstay Jackson, BlackEnterprise reports.

“Their auspicious debut in plays produced by Spelman’s Department of Drama catapulted the couple into award-winning careers spanning nearly 50 years of artistic excellence and theatrical success,” Spelman said in a press release.

Richard Jackson has appeared in many film festivals including the New York Shakespeare Festival where she appeared in the critically acclaimed “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.”

Samuel L Jackson is an Oscar nominated actor who appeared in movies such as Pulp Fiction, Star Wars and even the Avengers.

“We are grateful for their gift and that of the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, Bank of America and David Rockefeller Jr. to renovate the space where these beloved talents got their start,” Spelman president Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., said in a statement. “Pioneers and leaders in producing important stories, LaTanya and Sam’s excellence will forever resonate in the arts center named for them.”