@your library Volume XXVIII Number Four
A NEWSLETTER OF
Summer 2021
Rudisill Regional Library hosts exhibit honoring Greenwood anniversary
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by Sherry Leslie
he entry, Ancestral Hall, and three meeting rooms of Rudisill Regional Library were filled with visuals, videos and art for the exhibit, "TCCL Remembers: Commemorating Tulsa's 1921 Race Massacre with Education, Empathy and Healing" from May 3 through June 30, 2021. The soft opening, which I attended, was an evening for special guests that included Friends of Rudisill, the Library Commission, Greenwood leaders, and Rudisill staff. The amount of information about the history of the Greenwood community and its businesses was large and thorough. The videos included several very interesting interviews of community members and historians, and did not fail to talk about the immediate re-building, resilience, and plans for the future of this
The TCCL Remembers exhibit at Rudisill Regional Library included informative panels, videos, and more. important area. (The exhibit was designed before the designation of National Register of Historical Places on June 12, 2021.)
INSIDE:
TCCL's African-American Resource Center coordinator, Alicia Latimer (left), chats with visitors at the exhibit opening.
President's Podium: We've got a friend in you page 2
Creative Writing Contest winners page 4
Educational material with great additional information was given to all guests to take home and to share. The exhibit itself took about an hour to walk through and absorb and was beautifully displayed. There was even an opportunity to add to a Wish Wall, where one could write a wish for the future of Greenwood and post it. I am grateful to TCCL for the many ways they joined in commemorating the 100th anniversary of the massacre.
Friends name Distinguished Service recipient page 5
Gathering Place rolls out book cart page 7