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OK SCR8
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/4/2013
Primary Sponsor
Constance Johnson
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AI Summary
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8 Summary
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Recognizes March 2013 through March 2014 as the Centennial Celebration Year honoring Ralph Waldo Ellison, the renowned American writer born in Oklahoma City on March 1, 1913
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Celebrates Ellison's literary achievements, including his acclaimed 1953 novel "Invisible Man," essay collections "Shadow and Act" and "Going to the Territory," and posthumous works "Juneteenth" and "Three Days Before the Shooting"
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Acknowledges Ellison's broader accomplishments as a sculptor, musician, photographer, and college professor, and his receipt of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969) and National Medal of Arts (1985)
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Directs that a copy of the resolution be distributed to the Ralph Ellison Library in Oklahoma City to commemorate his legacy and the centennial celebration year
Legislative Description
Concurrent resolution; recognizing March 2013 through March 2014 as the centennial celebration of the life and work of Ralph Waldo Ellison.
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Last Action
Introduced
3/4/2013