The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is honored to welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi to Harrisburg for a conversation and signing on his new book, Malcolm Lives! The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers. Kendi will be in conversation with Drew Hart.

This is a ticketed event. Every ticket includes a signed copy of the book and one general admission entry. Doors will open at 6:30pm, and the event will begin at 7:30pm. Book signing to follow presentation. Seating is general admission; first come, first served.

This event will be live-streamed. Every live-stream ticket includes one signed copy of Malcolm Lives! and the live-stream link. The link will be sent at least 24 hours before the event begins. Please check your spam folder if you do not receive the link in time. The books will be shipped via USPS Priority. U.S. addresses only. Please include your shipping address at checkout.

About the Book:

National Book Award–winning and #1 New York Times–bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi brings a global icon to life in the first major biography of Malcolm X for young people in more than thirty years.

As a youth, Malcolm endured violence, loss, hunger, foster care, racism, and being incarcerated. He emerged from it all to make a lasting impact. As a Black Muslim. As a family man. As a revolutionary. Malcolm’s life story shows the promise of every human being. Of you!

To trace Malcolm’s childhood and adult years, Kendi draws on Malcolm’s stirring oratory style, using repetition and rhetoric. Short, swift chapters echo Malcolm’s trademark fast walk. An abundance of never-before-published letters, notes, flyers, photos, extensive source notes, and more give young readers a front-row seat to his life.

One hundred years after his birth in 1925, Malcolm’s antiracist legacy lives on in this thoughtful and accessible must-read for all people. For you!

Just like history, Malcolm lives.

About the Author:

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is a National Book Award-winning author of books for adults and children, including New York Times bestsellers like Stamped From the Beginning, Stamped for Kids, How to Raise an Anti-Racist, and Goodnight Racism. Dr. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Humanities at Boston University, and the director of the BU Center for Antiracist Research. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Drew G. I. Hart is an associate professor of theology at Messiah University where he currently directs the Thriving Together: Congregations for Racial Justice program in central PA. He co-hosts Inverse Podcast with Australian peace activist Jarrod McKenna and is the author of Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism (2016), Who Will Be A Witness?: Igniting Activism for God's Justice, Love, and Deliverance (2020), and he most recently co-edited and contributed to Reparations and the Theological Disciplines: Prophetic Voices for Remembrance, Reckoning, and Repair (Nov. 2023). His forthcoming book, Making It Plain: Why We Need Anabaptism and the Black Church, releases in September 2025. Drew regularly speaks at colleges, conferences, churches, and community groups across the country. He is married to Renee and is the father of three sons.  

Prices include applicable PA sales tax and Harrisburg City amusement tax.