{"id":1355496,"date":"2020-01-07T13:07:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T18:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oied.ncsu.edu\/divweb\/?p=677748"},"modified":"2020-01-07T13:07:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T18:07:59","slug":"martin-luther-king-jr-day-events-to-include-speaker-ibram-x-kendi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equalopportunity.ncsu.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/07\/martin-luther-king-jr-day-events-to-include-speaker-ibram-x-kendi\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Events to Include Speaker Ibram X. Kendi"},"content":{"rendered":"

We invite the NC State community to attend the following Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events. Seating may be limited; please arrive early.<\/p>\n

Speaker: Ibram X. Kendi<\/h2>\n

\"IbramNC State\u2019s 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. Campus Commemoration will bring National Book Award Winner Ibram X. Kendi to Stewart Theatre 1:30 \u2013 3 p.m., Monday, Jan. 13, 2020<\/strong>.<\/b> The talk is open to students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n

Kendi is professor and founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University and a 2016 National Book Award Winner for Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America<\/i>. His newest book, How to Be an Antiracist<\/i>, examines racial inequalities from many vantage points, including the personal, the social and the academic.<\/p>\n