Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi (born in 1982 in New York) is an American historian and author. His academic career included positions at the University of Florida and Boston University, where he was a professor of African American history and founded and directed the Center for Antiracist Research. In 2016, he received the National Book Award for his book *Stamped from the Beginning*. His work *How to Be an Antiracist* became a New York Times No. 1 bestseller. In 2020, *Time* magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the year.