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BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS, INC. PROPOSAL FOR THE PRESENTATION OF AWARDS TO PROMISING BLACK ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS Presented by Julia Prettyman (Mrs.) Executive Director 475 RIVERSIDE DRIVE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10027 TELEPHONE: 212-663-4740 BOARD OF DIRECTORS C. Eric Lincoln, President John O. Killens, Vice President Doris E. Saunders, Secretary Alvin R. Poussaint, Treasurer Charles V. Hamilton Vincent Harding Robert Hooks Charles White John A. Williams MEMBERS Julian Adderley Alvin Ailey Margaret W. Alexander Imamu Baraka Etta Moten Barnett Romare Bearden Harry Belafonte Lerone Bennett Arna W. Bontemps John H. Clarke Floyd Coleman Oliver Cromwell Cox Ernest Crichlow John A. Davis Ossie Davis St. Clair Drake Ernest Dunbar Lonne Elder, III Duke Ellington John Hope Franklin Alex Haley Charles V. Hamilton Vincent Harding Inge Hardison Vertis C. Hayes Vivian Henderson Adelaide Cromwell Hill Chester Himes Robert Hooks Jean Hutson John O. Killens Martin Kilson Jacob Lawrence Elma Lewis Henry Lewis C. Eric Lincoln Paule Marshall Benjamin E. Mays Donald McKayle Arthur Mitchell Frederick O'Neal Gordon Parks Sidney Poitier Dorothy B. Porter Alvin F. Poussaint Benjamin Quarles Lawrence Reddick (Jay) Saunders Redding Lloyd Richards Lucille D. Roberts Paul LeRoy Robeson Carl T. Rowan Doris E. Saunders Nina Simone Chuck Stone Charles H. Wesley Charles White John A. Williams EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Julia Prettyman