Coretta Scott King Book Awards Executive Board

Charge

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The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table (CSKBART) Executive Board, consisting of the Chair, Chair-Elect, Immediate Past Chair, Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Standing Committee Chairs, oversees the election and appointments of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards and Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement Juries, and Standing Committees, as well as all CSKBART activities throughout the year.

Roster

Ms. Chereeka Garner
(Recording Secretary, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2026)

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Composition

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Each Standing Committee Chair is a member of the Executive Board. Committees and Chairs are as follows:

Archives and History Standing Committee (chaired by Barbara Jones Clark)

Book Grant Standing Committee (chaired by Dr. Marguerite Worth Penick

CSK Book Awards Jury (chaired by Dr. LaKeshia NeShaun Darden)

CSK Book Awards Breafast/Local Arrangements (chaired by Sonja Gaddy)

Marketing (chaired by Kacie Armstrong)

Membership (chaired by Caryl C. Matute)

Nominating (chaired by Dr. Brenda Pruitt-Annisette)

Programs (chaired by Dorothy L. Guthrie)

Publications (chaired by Dr. Nhora Serrano)

Technology (chaired by Shannon N. Williams)

Virginia Hamilton Award Lifetime Achievement (chaired by Emma McNamara)

55th Anniversary (chaired by Gladys Smiley Bell)

Kevin Strowder & Danielle Ponton

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