# Ibram X. Kendi Ibram X. Kendi is an American historian and the author of *Stamped from the Beginning* (2016), which won the National Book Award for nonfiction, and *How to Be an Antiracist* (2019), the bestseller most associated with the 2020 revival of [[Anti-Racism]]. He founded Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research in 2020 and left in 2025 for Howard University, where he leads its new Institute for Advanced Study; BU said the center would close at the end of June 2025. > [!note] Stub > This is a short entry that hasn't been fully written yet. ## Connections - [[Anti-Racism]] — the tradition his books reshaped and the critiques they drew - [[Anti-DEI]] — the campaign that made his work a political target