Ask a graphic novelist questions in a virtual Q&A session! Join the West End Museum and the Museum of African American History for a discussion with the illustrator of the graphic-novel Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi, adapted and illustrated by Joel Christian Gill.

Racism 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—in collaboration with award-winning historian and comic artist Joel Christian Gill—reveals how understanding and improving the world cannot happen without identifying and facing the racist forces that shape it. The graphic-novel adaptation of Dr. Kendi’s groundbreaking Stamped from the Beginning explores, 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.

This discussion series is part of the 2025 MA Great Reads program, sponsored by the Massachusetts Center for the Book.

Register here for the book club: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1_Xa4AIqDWMarzj75DHf8gCXGCMTt81H6WuyES2FXTfkAyg/viewform?usp=header