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."