Wednesday, March 3, 2021

We are thrilled to welcome Ibram X. Kendi to the Lawrence Public Library as part of this year's White Fund Speaker Series. Please note that we will have available an American Sign Language interpreter, closed captioning, and Spanish translation. Interested in reading some of our distinguished speaker's works? Go to this link (bit.ly/lplsj) to access our collection. Submit questions for the speaker by emailing LibraryInfo@cityoflawrence.com so that they may be considered during the discussion. Ibram X. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities Department at Boston University, and the founding director of the BU Center for Antiracist Research. He is the author of many books including Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. He also authored three #1 New York Times bestsellers, How to Be an Antiracist; Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, co-authored with Jason Reynolds; and Antiracist Baby, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky.