44th & 3rd Bookseller and Little Shop of Stories, in partnership with Agnes Scott College, are thrilled to announce an event with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, historian, antiracist scholar, and author of many books including Stamped from the Beginning and Antiracist Baby. This event will be held at Agnes Scott College’s Presser Hall on Saturday, June 18th at 7 p.m. Dr. Kendi will be discussing his work and sharing his new picture book, Goodnight Racism, illustrated by Cbabi Bayoc. Dr. Kendi’s other new book, How to Raise an Antiracist, will be available for purchase as well.

This is a family-friendly event; adults, children, and teens are welcome and encouraged to attend!

A limited number of copies of Dr. Kendi’s other books, including Antiracist Baby, How to be an Antiracist, Stamped (with Jason Reynolds), Four Hundred Souls, and Stamped from the Beginning will be available for sale.

Ticket Options:

Event Entry + Presigned Copy of Goodnight Racism - $25.50

Event Entry + Presigned Copies of Goodnight Racism AND How to Raise an Antiracist - $55.75

Companion Ticket for child or teen under the age of 18 (available with the purchase of an Event Entry ticket) - $5

Please carefully read the information below before purchasing tickets:

Covid Policy:

• All guests must adhere to Agnes Scott's COVID-19 policies, including for masks, in effect at the time.
• Guests should be fully vaccinated and, if eligible, up-to-date with the COVID-19 boosters. Guests must provide proof of vaccinations.

• Guests who have exemptions or are otherwise unvaccinated or not boosted must provide a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 72 hours before the event.

• Masks are optional for fully vaccinated attendees, but required at all times for exempted or unvaccinated individuals. KN95 or N95 masks are strongly recommended.

Questions? Please reach out to 44th & 3rd Bookseller at 678-692-6519 or Little Shop of Stories at 404-373-6300.

About the books:

Goodnight Racism:

As children all over the world get ready for bed, the moon watches over them. The moon knows that when we sleep, we dream. And when we dream, we imagine what is possible and what the world can be.

With dynamic, imaginative art and poetic prose, Goodnight Racism delivers important messages about antiracism, justice, and equality in an easy-to-read format that empowers readers both big and small. Goodnight Racism gives children the language to dream of a better world and is the perfect book to add to their social justice toolkit.

How to Raise an Antiracist:

The tragedies and reckonings around racism that are rocking the country have created a specific crisis for parents, educators, and other caregivers: How do we talk to our children about racism? How do we teach children to be antiracist? How are kids at different ages experiencing race? How are racist structures impacting children? How can we inspire our children to avoid our mistakes, to be better, to make the world better?

These are the questions Ibram X. Kendi found himself avoiding as he anticipated the birth of his first child. Like most parents or parents-to-be, he felt the reflex to not talk to his child about racism, which he feared would stain her innocence and steal away her joy. But research and experience changed his mind, and he realized that raising his child to be antiracist would actually protect his child, and preserve her innocence and joy. He realized that teaching students about the reality of racism and the myth of race provides a protective education in our diverse and unequal world. He realized that building antiracist societies safeguards all children from the harms of racism.

Following the accessible genre of his internationally bestselling How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi combines a century of scientific research with a vulnerable and compelling personal narrative of his own journey as a parent and as a child in school. The chapters follow the stages of child development from pregnancy to toddler to schoolkid to teenager. It is never too early or late to start raising young people to be antiracist.