The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire is pleased to announce that best-selling author and distinguished scholar Dr. Ibram X. Kendi will be delivering the keynote at the Black New England Conference Awards Dinner, on Friday Oct. 21 at Southern NH University.
Dr Kendi is the founder of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research and author of many bestselling books including How to be an Antiracist, Antiracist Baby, and Stamped. Time magazine named Dr. Kendi one of the most 100 influential people in the world.
This year’s conference, “Where the Money Resides: An Exploration of Racialized Access and Historic Exclusion from Wealth” highlights the legal framework that supported barriers to wealth for non-whites (racial zoning, redlining, school segregation, and government-sanctioned racism). Panel discussions also celebrate the success stories of individuals and institutions that serve as beacons of hope for current generations. BHTNH Executive Director JerriAnne Boggis notes that “In his book Stamped, Dr. Kendi describes how the construct of race has been used to gain and keep power and to create dynamics that separate and silence. This book helps to contextualize present-day inequalities and explains racist ideas of the past have effected present day economic wealth for people of color. We feel that Dr. Kendi’s thoughts on this will be a great addition to the Conference.”
Dr. Reginald Wilburn, Dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Texas Christian University, will engage Dr. Kendi in conversation about the complex social and legal constructs which impact wealth accumulation for people of color. They also will discuss the meaning and consequences of institutional and systemic racism.
“In its 16th iteration of the Annual Black New England Conference the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire delighted to have as our keynote speaker New York Times Best Selling Author Ibram X. Kendi, ”says Dwight Davis, BHTNH Board President. “To have such a distinguished scholar, educator, historian, and political scientist address our constituency articulates the fact that the Annual Black New England Conference has come of age and is a highly anticipated event in New England”.
For more information on the conference including schedule, conference panels topics, registration, cost, and how to become a conference sponsor please go to https://blackheritagetrailnh.org/black-new-england-conference-2022/, call (603) 570-8469, or send an email to info@blackheritagetrailnh.org.
