“An unprecedented phenomenon.”
“Kendi is a highly charismatic historian and author who is emerging as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals on race.”
“Ibram Kendi’s work is vital in today’s sociopolitical climate. As a society, we need to start treating antiracism as action, not emotion—and Kendi is helping us do that.”
“[Kendi] has become one of the country’s most in-demand commentators on racism.”
“Ibram X. Kendi, the kind, dignified, preternaturally wise, and soft-spoken teacher, indefatigable in his quest to set you on the path toward true knowledge.”
“This is not a historian fearful of upsetting orthodoxies or questioning fixed reputations.”
“One of today’s most visible and sought-after public intellectuals.”
“I’ve never seen before one writer who has simultaneously had books that were bestselling in hardcover nonfiction, paperback nonfiction, young adult and board books.”
“His words are distilled, precise, authoritative.”
“I think of Ibram as someone who really gives us not only the big historical signposts, but the deep rationale for why we should call racism racism.”
“The greatest service Kendi [provides] is the ruthless prosecution of American ideas about race for their tensions, contradiction and unintended consequences.”
“The revolutionary spirit of Boston inspires Ibram X. Kendi.”
NEW FILM
STAMPED from the BEGINNING
Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams brings Dr. Kendi’s National Book Award winner to the screen with “Stamped From the Beginning.” This striking documentary uses vivid animations that illuminate figures and moments both well-known and obscure, both historical and contemporary. Leading Black women academics and activists such as Dr. Angela Davis, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Dr. Jennifer L. Morgan, and Dr. Kendi guide viewers through a searing account of how racist ideas and imagery were developed and enshrined in American culture. Produced by Alisa Payne and David Teague. Executive produced by Dr. Kendi, Mara Brock Akil (creator of Girlfriends and Being Mary Jane), Geoff Martz, and Susie Fitzgerald. “Stamped from the Beginning” made the Oscar shortlist for Documentary Feature Film.
OFFICIAL TRAILER
NEW BOOK
BARRACOON
Adapted for Young Readers
On Sale: January 23, 2024
Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America to be enslaved, eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis was then the only person alive to tell the story of his capture and bondage—fifty years after the Atlantic human trade was outlawed in the United States. Cudjo shared his firsthand account with legendary folklorist, anthropologist, and writer Zora Neale Hurston.
Adapted with care and delivered with age-appropriate historical context by award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi, Cudjo’s incredible story is now available for young readers and emerging scholars. With powerful illustrations by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson, this poignant work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture.
“Powerful, profound, and necessary.”
— The Horn Book
“[An] impeccable adaptation. . .an essential text.”
— The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review
“Highly recommended for all libraries.”
— School Library Journal, starred review
“An important historic document that provides an intimate look at slavery in America.”
— Booklist, starred review
NEW BOOK
Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America
In collaboration with award-winning historian and comic artist Joel Christian Gill, this stunningly illustrated graphic-novel adaptation of Dr. Kendi’s groundbreaking Stamped from the Beginning explores, with vivid clarity and dimensionality, the living history of America, and how we can learn from the past to work toward a more equitable, antiracist future.
“This is an unvarnished, unapologetic, unflinching, and appropriately snarky tale of the mess we are in.” — W. Kamau Bell, Emmy award-winning executive producer, New York Times bestselling author, and comedian
REVISED EDITION
Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. He uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to drive this history: Puritan minister Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and legendary activist Angela Davis. As Kendi shows, racist ideas did not arise from ignorance or hatred. They were created to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched discriminatory policies and the nation’s racial inequities.
“In this tour de force, Kendi explores the history of racist ideas—and their connection with racist practices—across American history. Racism is the enduring scar on the American consciousness. In this ambitious, magisterial book, Kendi reveals just how deep that scar cuts and why it endures, its barely subcutaneous pain still able to flare.” — Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
IN PAPERBACK
How to Be an Antiracist
In his memoir, Ibram X. Kendi weaves together an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science--including the story of his own awakening to antiracism--bringing it all together in a cogent, accessible form. How to Be an Antiracist promises to become an essential book for anyone who wants to go beyond an awareness of racism to the next step of contributing to the formation of a truly just and equitable society.
“The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind.” — The New York Times
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