
Unity
Reed
High
School
Class
of
2000
graduate,
Ibram
X.
Kendi,
has
received
the
Andrew
W.
Mellon
Professorship
in
the
Humanities
from
Boston
University.
Kendi,
a
PWCS
alumnus
who
graduated
in
2000
from
Unity
Reed
High
School
in
Manassas,
is
the
director
of
the
University's
new
Center
for
Antiracist
Research.
Kendi,
a
celebrated
author
and
historian,
is
being
honored
for
his
work
in
reframing
the
conversation
on
racism
in
America.
According
to
the
"BU
Today"
news
article,
the
endowed
Mellon
Professorship
is
one
of
BU's
highest
honors,
held
only
by
one
other
person
its
history.
Read
the
full
story
in
"BU
Today."