Ibram X. Kendi

Malcolm X turns 100 on May 19, 2025. To commemorate his birthday, I am proud to announce the first major biography of Brother Malcolm for young readers in more than thirty years: MALCOLM LIVES! The book is written in short, swift chapters that echo Malcolm’s trademark fast walk.…

Gearing up for a packed next few days of events with a swing through Michigan and South Bend on the Malcolm Lives tour! I can’t wait to present this biography in some of Malcolm X’s old stomping grounds. Only a few tickets left for our tour stops in... DETROIT, MI. On Friday at…

On occasion, when I was writing Malcolm Lives, I imagined reading this book as a youngster. How it would have empowered me. These days, I am brought to a smile whenever I imagine all the young (and adult) readers it is empowering in a moment when people are being made to feel…

For our Young Adult “Great Reads From Great Places” read we are proud to present "Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America" by Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) and Joel Christian Gill (Ten Speed Graphic). massbook.org/great-reads

Massachusetts! And Rhode Island and New Hampshire! As you know, Malcolm X spent his teenaged years in Massachusetts, where he began his awe-inspiring self-education, converted into a Muslim, and transformed into a revolutionary while incarcerated in Massachusetts prisons. There…

On this day, 100 years ago, Louise and Earl Little Sr. gave birth to a boy they named Malcolm Little, later to be renamed Malcolm X, and ultimately El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Earl and Louise Little lived in North Omaha, Nebraska where they had organized a chapter of Marcus…

Five more locations are now sold out on the Malcolm Lives! book tour. Detroit. Grand Rapids. Chicago. Middletown, CT. And the DMV! But there are still a few tickets available for... Tonight in Lansing, MI. Tomorrow in South Bend, IN. Monday in Dallas. Tuesday in Plainville,…

Many thanks Lizzie Skurnick for reviewing Malcolm Lives! in the @nytimes. She calls it “vital, brilliant.” “Kendi writes, like Malcolm spoke, with a piercing clarity.” “The man we know as Malcolm X — adamant, uncompromising, funny, compassionate — has equipped us to face…

It was an honor to present on Malcolm Lives! last night at America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee. Much gratitude to Maya Smart for steering our conversation, and to everyone who attended the sold out event. 🙌🏾

Our experience together in Montclair Tuesday night was special. Not just because all those young people stood up in front of a large crowd and shared their thoughts and questions. Not just because a youngster stood up and told me he didn’t read biographies but when he started…

Yesterday I spoke about Malcolm Lives! on Politics Nation with Rev. Al Sharpton, who was 10 years old when Malcolm X was killed. Malcolm’s widow, Betty Shabazz, was the godmother of Rev. Sharpton’s two daughters. Check out our extended conversation. Malcolm Lives! comes out…

Young readers' editor @lrsimeon recommends MALCOLM LIVES! by @ibramxk on this week's Fully Booked podcast: ow.ly/CJvK50VQbEl @fiercereads @mackidsbooks

Atlanta, by way of Fulton County, has one of the best library systems in the country. Simply by having a library card or signing up for @fulcolibrary’s newsletter, you receive so many invites to events around books! I am currently here with authors Nic Stone & @ibramxk

I am proud to be in Pennsylvania TODAY for two events in the Malcolm Lives! tour. It is the state where I began my intensive study of Malcolm X twenty years ago. Grab your last minute tickets for events in. . . Philadelphia. 3 pm. At Greene Street Friends. With @UncleBobbies.…

★ “Expansive and immersive” middle grade biography MALCOLM LIVES! by Ibram X. Kendi depicts the activist’s path toward achieving a “better understanding of himself and the world around him” buff.ly/ZiS6OuC

Ibram X. Kendi Returns to Montclair on May 13 for Release of 'Malcolm Lives!' montclairlocal.news/2025/05/ibram-…

When you begin a tour to discuss a biography of someone who loved Jazz, who spent much of his young life dancing in Jazz clubs, who befriended several Jazz musicians—and a Jazz band is playing when you arrive at the Atlanta airport. That Sax! Feeling good and ready for this tour…

Been overjoyed to witness the huge reception to the Malcolm Lives! tour. Big thanks to everyone who is planning to come and meet me and be inspired by the unapologetic and uncompromising voice of Malcolm X, which we need in this moment. So, Milwaukee, Denver, and New Haven are…

ATLANTA ~ PHILLY ~ HARRISBURG, PA. We are coming on Friday and Saturday to kick off the Malcolm Lives! tour. I will see you in a few days. 🙌🏾 #malcolmx #books #malcolmlives #Atlanta #Philaldelphia #Harrisburg Tour 🎟️: ibramxkendi.com/events

Malcolm Lives! The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers @LurieFavors @ibramxk #LDFShow us.macmillan.com/books/97803743…

@ibramxk this media suasion sounds familiar!