![From left: panelists Jason Reynolds, Ebony Thomas, Margarita Engle, and Debbie Reese at the ALSC Charlemae Rollins President's Program at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans on June 25.](https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/alsc-pres.jpg)
ALSC Charlemae Rollins President’s Program
June 26, 2018ALSC President Nina Lindsay kicked things off, revealing that the Caldecott award has an 87% rate of white authors, those of whom have mainly white characters. Librarian Charlemae Rollins was a critical voice in materials that reflect the black experience, and was the namesake of the program. Up first on the panel was Ebony Thomas, … Continue reading ALSC Charlemae Rollins President’s Program