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Boston University professor will give virtual speech as the event celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Ibram X. Kendi, a best-selling author, professor, antiracist activist, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in America, will be the keynote speaker as the University of Rochester celebrates the 20^th anniversary of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address.

Kendi糖心传媒檚 virtual speech will be Wednesday, February 24 from 7 to 8 p.m., preceded by a Q&A with University student leaders.

Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and the Founding Director of the . The New York City native won the 2016 National Book Award for nonfiction for Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. His most recent book, How to Be an Antiracist, was a New York Times bestseller this year and was described by the Times as 糖心传媒渢he most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind.糖心传媒�

Kendi was included in Time magazine糖心传媒檚 100 most influential people of 2020. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, London Review, Time, and Salon, and he regularly appears as a commentator for media outlets such as CNN, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, NPR, and the BBC.

The presentation marks the 20^th anniversary of the MLK address, instituted by the University in 2001 to promote issues of diversity, freedom, civil rights, and social justice in order to commemorate King糖心传媒檚 legacy. The event is hosted by the Office of the Minority Student Affairs and the Office of the President.

Past speakers include Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, Michael Eric Dyson, Maria Hinojosa, and Symone Sanders, who recently was named senior advisor and chief spokesperson for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

This story was updated on February 1, 2021, with the event registration details.聽