@your library Volume XXIX Number Two
DITION E Y A HOLID A NEWSLETTER OF
Winter 2021
Library to honor two with achievement awards
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by TCCL Staff he African-American Resource Center is excited to announce that the 2022 Sankofa Freedom Award winner is famed author Walter Mosley.
Mosley is the author of more than 60 critically-acclaimed books of fiction, nonfiction, memoir and plays. From the first novel he published, Devil in a Blue Dress with its protagonist Easy Rawlins, Mosley’s work has explored the lives of Black men and women in America—past, present and future. He has had several of his books adapted for film and tv including Devil in a Blue Dress, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned and the forthcoming Apple TV+ production of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey. He is also a writer and an executive producer on the John Singleton FX show, Snowfall. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, The Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award, a Grammy, several NAACP Image awards, and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020 he was awarded the Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award from the National Book Foundation. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Mosley now lives in Brooklyn and Los Angeles.
Award Presentations SATURDAY, FEB. 12 SANKOFA FREEDOM AWARD Virtual, 10:00 a.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 5 CIRCLE OF HONOR AWARD Zarrow Regional Library, 10:30 a.m.
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President's Podium page 2
Walter Mosley and Archie Mason Established in 2005 by the African-American Resource Center (AARC) and the Tulsa Library Trust, the biennial Sankofa Freedom Award’s purpose is to recognize a nationally prominent author whose life’s work positively addresses the range and complexity of cultural, economic, and political issues within the greater African-American community. Archie Mason is the 2022 American Indian Circle of Honor winner. Mason is the executive minister of Tulsa’s All Tribes Community Church. A former educator for 34 years, Mason taught at Tulsa Public Schools and then at Rogers State University before entering tribal politics in 2006 where he served 14 years as a member of the Osage Nation Congress. As a person of Osage and Cherokee descent, Mason has long advocated for and continues to support both Osage and Cherokee culture, language, history, life, values, customs, rituals and traditions. Mason resides in Pawhuska, Okla. The Circle of Honor is sponsored by The Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation, Tulsa Library Trust and TCCL’s American Indian Resource Center. Inaugurated in 2004, the Circle of Honor Award honors an American Indian for their lifetime achievements and contributions that have enriched the lives of others. Induction into the Circle of Honor is a celebration of the honoree’s actions in the face of adversity, commitment to the preservation of American Indian culture and legacy for future generations. Recipients receive a $5,000 cash prize.
Travels With Tulsans kicks off Jan. 12 on Zoom page 3
Adult Creative Writing Contest opens Feb. 1 page 3
Author Marilynne Robinson visits Tulsa page 4