Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi is a leading antiracist and foremost American historian on issues of race. The award-winning and bestselling author has had his novels win the National Book Award and make the New York Times bestselling list. Kendi is the founder and director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University and is also a Humanities Professor for the Andrew W. Mellon Institute. Kendi also contributes to several News outlets such as CBS and The Atlantic. He is the winner of the WEB Dubois Prize for his novel “The Black Campus Movement.” In 2016, he was the winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction for his work “Stamped From the Beginning,” which made him the youngest winner of the award as he was only thirty-four at the time. He has asserted that he always fantasized about playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and finds it ironic that he ended up winning the literary NBA. He published his third title “How to be an Antiracist” in 2019 and the novel made several best book lists including becoming a New York Times Bestselling title.