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New York Times Best-Selling Author Ibram Kendi On The Power Of Antiracism

Courtesy of Penguin Random House
Ibram Kendi will give the MLK Jr. Legacy Series keynote at Iowa State University on January, 23rd.

What does it mean to pursue an antiracist existence? On this segment of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with Ibram Kendi, Professor and Director of theAntiracist Research and Policy Center at American University about tackling racism at a deeper level. 

Kendi is a New York Times best-selling author and became one of the youngest recipients ever of the National Book Award for his book “Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.”  In August, Kendi published his third book, "How to Be an Antiracist." 

Kendi will offer the MLK Jr. Legacy Series keynote on January 23rd at 7:00 pm at Iowa State University's Memorial Union Hall. 

Katelyn Harrop is a producer for IPR's River to River and Talk of Iowa
Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River