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Promote partnerships between librarians of African American descent, and librarians serving the African American community.

 

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Black Caucus Round Table is pleased to announce Ashley Bryan Award, honoring a Black author for their work promoting humanity, diversity, culture and community in children’s literature. The award will be presented at the TLA 2024 Annual Conference.

2024 Recipient of Ashley Bryan Award

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The Black Caucus Round Table (BCRT) seeks to contribute to library service by promoting services to African Americans and opening channels of communication among African American librarians in all TLA divisions, round tables, and discussion groups.

Officers  2023-2024

Chair, Sharlisa Addison
Chair-Elect, Dr. Felice Sanders-Johnson
Past-Chair, Bea Saba
Councilor, Brandi Grant
Alternate Councilor, Meridith Derrick
Secretary, Hannah Terrell
Webmaster, Claudine Myles
Social Media, Muriel St. Julian

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2024 BCRT Author Session with Tomi Adeyemi

Are you a fan of Tomi Adeyemi, the bestselling author of the Legacy of Orisha series?

Named one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, Tomi Adeyemi is a Hugo- and Nebula Award–winning Nigerian American writer and storyteller based in New York, New York. After graduating from Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature, she studied West African mythology, religion, and culture in Salvador, Brazil. Her first novel, Children of Blood and Bone, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Its highly anticipated sequel, Children of Virtue and Vengeance also debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Tomi’s Legacy of Orïsha trilogy is being developed into a feature film. Tomi can be found teaching creative writing at thewritersroadmap.net. In 2020, she was named one of Forbes’s 30 Under 30 in Media, and her website was named one of the 101 Best Websites for writers by Writer’s Digest.

Don’t miss out on the chance to hear her speak as the featured speaker at this year’s Black Caucus Round Table Author Session.

Thank you to our 2024 BCRT Author Brunch Sponsors:

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Black Caucus Roundtable Reception

Thursday, April 18, 6:00 – 7:30 PM

Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center

The Black Caucus Round Table Reception is a welcoming and celebratory place for African American librarians, staff and non-members to meet, greet, reconnect and network with other African Americans in the library.

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