Ibram X. Kendi
Contributor at Freelance
Co-Founder at The Emancipator
Historian • National 📙 Award Winner • 10 NYT Bestsellers like Stamped FTB, How to Be an Antiracist & How to Raise an Antiracist • MacArthur Fellow. 🐍🦁
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3 weeks ago |
rssnewshub.com | Ibram X. Kendi
The Australian government has been taken to court by an internet personality known as "Billboard Chris," who challenged the nation’s "eSafety" commission’s authority to geo-block a tweet criticizing the appointment of an Australian transgender activist to a World Health Organization board. Chris Elston, a Canadian national who often expresses his free speech through slogans and tweets on sandwich boards in public places, had a tweet of his geo-blocked by the Aussies – which was a ‘share’ of a...
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1 month ago |
theportlandmedium.com | Megan Thomas |Ibram X. Kendi
By Megan Thomas, CNN(CNN) — Angie Stone, a soul and R&B singer behind hits like “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” and “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” died Saturday morning in a vehicle collision, her longtime publicist, Yvonne Forbes, told CNN. Stone was 63. After performing in Mobile, Alabama on Friday, Stone was with nine people traveling to Atlanta, Georgia in a Sprinter van when the accident occurred, according to her representative.
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madison365.com | Omar Waheed |Ibram X. Kendi
Urban Triage opened its doors to the community to get a look at its new transitional home for adults who aged out of foster care on Feb. 27. The home on Madison’s North Side is an effort to address instability and lack of support for adults 18-23 who have aged out of the foster care system. Urban Triage is working in partnership with Dane County Human Services to provide temporary housing with a range of support services.
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madison365.com | Ibram X. Kendi
Special promotional content provided by Madison College A new initiative at Madison College is taking a direct, personal approach to improving retention rates among male students of color—by simply picking up the phone. For the past three years, the Call to Retain Initiative, led by Madison College Community Impact Manager Dr. Jimmy Cheffen, has enlisted faculty and staff volunteers to call first-year students of color to check in, offer support, and connect them with resources.
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madison365.com | John Blake |Ibram X. Kendi
(CNN) — In his brief and tumultuous life, Malcolm X took on so many identities that it can be hard to know which version someone is talking about when they cite his legacy. In one of his earliest incarnations, he was Malcolm Little, the charming and whip-smart student who was elected class president by White students at his junior high school. In another, he was “Detroit Red,” the Harlem street hustler who wore flashy zoot suits.
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The response to the MALCOLM LIVES! tour has been tremendous. Announcing one new event! Another stop in the South. The home state of Malcolm X’s father, Earl Little Sr. He was born in Reynolds, Georgia. About two hours south of Atlanta, where the tour begins on May 9. 🙌🏾 And then https://t.co/gy7aOwjpTk
"It happened the Sunday before Labor Day. August. 1952. Chicago.” A twenty-seven-year-old Malcolm had been paroled from prison days earlier. Malcolm and his siblings had just drove into Chicago from Michigan. For a service at Mosque Number Two of the Nation of Islam. Where https://t.co/3FJsThx2i1
RT @latimesfob: Historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk is a National Book Award-winning author of books for adults and children, including b…