Binc Announces the Winner of Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activist – Graphic Policy

A Twin Cities bookseller committed to celebrating Black authors, publishers, and readers has won the eighth Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists awarded by the Friends of Carla Gray Committee and the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation.

Jasmine Baker from Black Garnet Books in St. Paul, Minnesota, will receive a year-long scholarship for professional development, which includes travel and hotel to attend Winter Institute 2027, travel and hotel to attend their 2027 regional fall tradeshow and a $2,000 stipend to fund a community outreach project.

Baker will use the stipend to host the store’s second annual Midwest Black Book Fair and expand the project to other states across the Midwest.