Ibram X. Kendi is one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist voices. He is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and the Founding Director of The Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University in Washington, DC. A professor of history and international relations, Kendi is a contributor at The Atlantic and CBS News. He is the author of The Black Campus Movement which won the W.E.B. Du Bois Book Prize, and Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2016. At 34 years old, Kendi was the youngest ever winner of the NBA for Nonfiction. His third book, How to be an Antiracist, debuted at #2 on the New York Times Bestseller List in August 2019 and made several Best Books of 2019 lists. His much anticipated fourth book with Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, debuted at # 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List in March 2020. (Bio excerpt from ibramxkendi.com)
Book Club details: Students will read Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. There will be a book discussion on Zoom (date TBD) and a lecture with the author on Thursday, February 18, 2021 (6:00 pm) online. Details: https://literary-arts.org/event/2020-21-portland-arts-lectures-ibram-x-kendi/