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FEATURING IBRAM X KENDI - On May 19, 2025, the great American revolutionary Malcolm X would have been 100 years old. To mark the centennial of the birth of an extraordinary human, we turn to Dr. Ibram X Kendi, one of the nation’s leading intellectuals and academics, whose latest book is a biography of Malcolm X for young readers. In it, Dr. Kendi explains how, “This book tells the story of a single life navigating racism on a course to be antiracist—to revolutionize society, to be free.

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Dr. Ibram X Kendi on the life and times of Malcolm X

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