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Ibram X. Kendi

This author, historian, and antiracist activist was born in Queens, New York, in 1982. His family relocated to Manassas, Virginia, when he was 15 years old. He attended Florida A and M University, where he earned his bachelor's degree, and Temple University, where he earned his doctorate in African American Studies.

Carol

This individual is the author's mother. She studied at Nyack College and worked as a missionary in Liberia in the 1970s.

Larry

This individual is the author's father. He met the author's mother while he was studying at Manhattan's Baruch College. He went on to have a career in accounting.

C. Delores Tucker

This Civil Rights activist and former secretary of state for Pennsylvania governor Milton Shapp joined a chorus of voices in the 1990s that denounced rap music.

W.E.B. Du Bois

This Civil Rights icon and author published numerous books and magazine articles...

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