{"product_id":"stamped-from-the-beginning-isbn-9781984859433","title":"Stamped from the Beginning","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A striking graphic novel edition of the National Book Award-winning history of how racist ideas have shaped American life—from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Be an Antiracist\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOMINATED FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRacism has persisted throughout history—but so have antiracist efforts to dismantle it. Through deep research and a gripping narrative that illuminates the lives of five key American figures, preeminent historian Ibram X. Kendi reveals how understanding and improving the world cannot happen without identifying and facing the racist forces that shape it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn collaboration with award-winning historian and comic artist Joel Christian Gill, this stunningly illustrated graphic-novel adaptation of Dr. Kendi’s groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eStamped from the Beginning \u003c\/i\u003eexplores, with vivid clarity and dimensionality, the living history of America, and how we can learn from the past to work toward a more equitable, antiracist future.“A welcome, educational addition to social justice collections.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—School Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An impressive and disturbing weaving of the United States’ horrifically racist roots, the institutional and interpersonal racism still pervasive in American society today, and the ways in which antiracist movements can inspire hope and change.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eScreen Rant\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Translating a dense historical analysis into a graphic narrative is a strange challenge, but it’s one that Gill rises to with aplomb . . . People are complicated, as \u003ci\u003eStamped\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates, and while no one individual necessarily ‘got it right,’ it also makes clear that something being ‘of its time’ has never been a good excuse.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Boing Boing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An amazingly drawn, deeply researched explanation of racial injustice in the United States.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is an unvarnished, unapologetic, unflinching, and appropriately snarky tale of the mess we are in.”\u003cb\u003e—W. Kamau Bell, Emmy award-winning executive producer,\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, and comedian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An essential new approach to understanding centuries of systemic power dynamics throughout our society, from our shared history to possible futures.”\u003cb\u003e—Nate Powell, award-winning cartoonist of the \u003ci\u003eMarch\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy and \u003ci\u003eSave It for Later \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A book that educates and entertains in a way that makes it an indispensable teaching tool, while simultaneously establishing Gill is a master of this medium.”\u003cb\u003e—David F. Walker, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This essential adaptation gives the visual learner something to hold onto while being flown through centuries of history and the ideas that helped shape them . . .”\u003cb\u003e—Thi Bui, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Educational and entertaining . . . This graphic novel takes full advantage of the medium by offering visuals that clarify and complicate an antiracist view of history.”\u003cb\u003e—Maurice Carlos Ruffin, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Cast a Shadow\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Engaging, educational, and wryly funny . . . Joel Christian Gill's illustrations make the past feel more concrete and give readers of all ages a new way to connect to the material.”\u003cb\u003e—Mikki Kendall, author of \u003ci\u003eHood Feminism \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAmazons, Abolitionists, and Activists\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Buckle up. Joel Christian Gill and Ibram X. Kendi are absolutely unapologetic. Together, they deliver the facts and will transform everything you thought you already knew about race and racism.”\u003cb\u003e—Safiya Umoja Noble, MacArthur Fellow and author of \u003ci\u003eAlgorithms of Oppression\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] powerful visual artifact that will move readers and inspire change for generations to come.”\u003cb\u003e—John Jennings, co-author of \u003ci\u003eMy Superhero Is Black\u003c\/i\u003e and Eisner Award-winning illustrator of Octavia Butler’s \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A must for lovers of graphic non-fiction and American History.”\u003cb\u003e—Johnnie Christmas, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling graphic novelist, author of \u003ci\u003eSwim Team\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-creator of \u003ci\u003eAngel Catbird\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Shedding light on where we’ve come from and how we might grow beyond it, Dr. Kendi’s work asks us to imagine a wholeness we’ve only caught glimpses of, and to reach for it with smarter policies and braver hearts.”\u003cb\u003e—Mira Jacob, author of \u003ci\u003eGood Talk\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gill imbues this graphic novel adaptation with emotional gravity that bolsters National Book Award–winner Kendi’s incisive analysis.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Ibram X. Kendi\u003c\/b\u003e is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, and the founding director of the BU Center for Antiracist Research. He is a contributing writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr. Kendi is the author of \u003ci\u003eStamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, making him the youngest winner of that award. He also produced five #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers, including \u003ci\u003eHow to Be an Antiracist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAntiracist Baby\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You\u003c\/i\u003e, co-authored by Jason Reynolds. In 2020, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine named Dr. Kendi one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as the Genius Grant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoel Christian Gill \u003c\/b\u003eis the Chair of the MFA in Visual Narrative at Boston University. He is a cartoonist and historian who speaks nationally on the importance of sharing stories. He is the author of the acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eFights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, cited as one of the best graphic novels of 2020 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and for which he was awarded the 2021 Cartoonist Studio Prize. 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