Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, and the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a CBS News racial justice contributor.
Dr. Kendi is the author of many highly acclaimed books including Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, making him the youngest author to win that award. He had also produced five straight #1 New York Times bestsellers, including How to Be an Antiracist; Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, co-authored with Jason Reynolds; and Antiracist Baby, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky. In 2020, Time magazine named Dr. Kendi one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world. He was awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as the Genius Grant. His next two books, coming out in June, are How to Raise an Antiracist and the picture book, Goodnight Racism.
Kendi earned his BA from Florida A&M University, and MA and PhD in African American Studies from Temple University. Originally surnamed Rogers, Kendi changed his name in 2013. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Ashley D. Farmer
Ashley D. Farmer is an historian of African-American women's history, intellectual history, and radical politics. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Departments of History and African & African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Her book, Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era, (UNC Press, 2017), is the first comprehensive study of black women's intellectual production and activism in the Black Power era.
Farmer's scholarship has appeared in numerous venues including The Black Scholar, The Black Diaspora Review, and The Journal of African American History. She has also contributed to popular outlets like The Independent, The Washington Post, Vibe, NPR, and the History Channel. Dr. Farmer has received fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University and the American Association of University Women (AAUW) have also supported her research. She has also been a leader of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) and a regular blogger for Black Perspectives.
Farmer earned her BA from Spelman College, an MA in History and a PhD in African American Studies from Harvard University. She lives in Austin, TX.
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