Ibram X. Kendi — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (popularly known as the "Genius Grant") and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Serves as Professor of History at Howard University and founding director of the Howard Institute for Advanced Study.
Founded the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University in July 2020.
Author of "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America," which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
Authored the international bestseller "How to Be an Antiracist."
Published seventeen books for adults and children, including eleven New York Times Best Sellers.
Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the world.

Biography

Ibram X. Kendi is an American author, professor, anti-racist activist, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in the U.S.

He is Professor of History at Howard University and the founding director of the Howard Institute for Advanced Study, created to investigate the African diaspora. Kendi is widely recognized for his work as a leading antiracist scholar.