2012 The Root 100
Khalil Gibran Muhammad is director of New York City's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
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- Influence: 158.6
- Reach: 6.1
- Substance: 8.0
- Media Mentions: 0
- Internet Mentions: 3,630
- Twitter Followers: 379
- As of July 2012
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Khalil Gibran Muhammad
- Director of New York's Schomburg Center who is a leading voice in the fight against racial injustice and a staunch proponent of self-education.
- Job: Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Sector: Community
- Twitter: @khalilgmuhammad
- Location: New York City
- Age: 40
- Bio:
In 2011, Khalil Gibran Muhammad faced a daunting task in succeeding Howard Dodson Jr., who led the venerable Schomburg Center for more than 25 years. But it didn't take long for Muhammad to make a mark in New York City and beyond, speaking out against the city's stop-and-frisk policy and diving into the Trayvon Martin case as well. Both topics fall in his area of expertise -- the racial politics of criminal law -- which is the focus of the former Indiana University professor's 2010 book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America.
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