The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center cordially invites you to a special reception honoring Dr. Ozell Sutton Friday, June 25, 5 - 6:30 pm. Sutton served as a key Arkansas political activist at the height of the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. He also broke barriers as the first African American reporter for the Arkansas Democrat.

Sutton spent nearly 30 years as the director of Community Relations Service for the U.S. Department of Jusitice. He acted as mediator in some of the country's most violent racial conflicts from the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the riots that erupted in Los Angeles following the Rodney King beating. Sutton rose to international prominence when elected as the General President of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraterninty in 1981. Dr. Sutton will offer comments and read exerpts from his book From Yonder to Here: A Memoir of Dr. Ozell Sutton. We look forward to seeing you. For more information contact Jajuan Johnson at 501-683-3620.

The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center is located at the corner of 9th and Broadway Streets in downtown Little Rock. Parking is available in the museum's parking lot to the west of the building on 9th Street. Additional parking is available on 9th Street and Arch Street.

For more information about these and other events, visit our website at http://www.mosaictemplarscenter.com/.