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Chain of Ideas: An Evening with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Book Talk
2026-03-25 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Miracle Theater, 226 South Market Street, Inglewood, CA, 90301, United States
Join Malik Books for a powerful evening with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning historian and New York Times bestseller.

Malik Books proudly presents an evening with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning historian and New York Times bestselling author, for a compelling Book Talk celebrating his powerful new book, Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age.
In this timely and thought-provoking work, Dr. Kendi examines the ideas that have shaped—and distorted—democracy, tracing how authoritarian thinking takes root and spreads across societies. This important conversation will explore history, power, resistance, and the urgent questions defining our current moment.
Guests will gain insight from one of the nation’s most influential public intellectuals and have the opportunity to engage with Dr. Kendi’s work in person.
Date: March 25, 2026Time: 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:00 PM)Location: Miracle Theater, Inglewood, CAHost: Malik BooksModerator: TBD
This is a must-attend event for readers, scholars, educators, activists, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the forces shaping our democracy today.
Event Details

All tickets include a pre-signed ofCHAIN OF IDEAS: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Off Site Event
Admission to the Chain of Ideas Book Talk and Conversation at the Miracle Theater
Doors open at 6:00 PM

About Author
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is one of the world’s foremost historians and leading antiracist scholars. His books have been translated into multiple languages and republished throughout the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Kendi is Professor of History and the founding director of the Howard University Institute for Advanced Study, an interdisciplinary research enterprise examining global racism. He is author of many highly acclaimed bestsellers including Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. He is the author of the international bestseller How to Be an Antiracist. Time magazine named Dr. Kendi one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as the Genius Grant.

CHAIN OF IDEAS, the latest from National Book Award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi.
Recall the words chanted in Charlottesville, Virginia, but heard around the world: “You will not replace us!” Recall the string of mass shooters around the world—in Oslo and Christchurch, Buffalo, El Paso, and Pittsburgh—who claimed their crimes were a defense against “White genocide.” Recall business and media figures cultivating anxiety and furor over demographic change. These incidents only scratch the surface of this ascendant idea: Popular and ruling politicians in every region of the world have been expressing some version of great replacement theory, eroding democratic norms in the name of preventing demographic change and restoring national greatness. What is great replacement theory? Variations on the theory have existed for centuries, but it was given this name by a French novelist in 2011 who believed Black and Brown immigrants were “invading” Europe, brought by shadowy elites to “replace” Europe’s White population. From there, politicians and theorists—whether in the United States or the United Kingdom, Germany or Chile, Hungary or Australia—repackaged the conspiracy as a story of “globalists” welcoming “migrant criminals” and diversity initiatives to take away the jobs, cultures, electoral power, and the very lives of White people. Over time, great replacement theory has expanded the threat to include citizens, men, Jews, Christians, heterosexuals, and ethnic majorities in countries as distinct as Russia, El Salvador, Brazil, Italy, and India. All are targeted with the message that they are under an existential attack that only a strongman can prevent.
In our fast-shifting political landscape, most people are unfamiliar with this theory’s origins and its spread, which isn’t a coincidence. In Chain of Ideas, international bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi uses exacting and clear prose to uncover the roots of great replacement theory and its various mutations around the world. It is an unsettling but indispensable global history of how great replacement theory brought humanity into this authoritarian age—and how we can free ourselves from it

REP CLUB PRESENTS: Tayari Jones @ the California African American Museum
2026-03-26 19:00 - 21:00 | California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90037, United States
Join Rep Club at the California African-American Museum for the L.A. launch of ‘KIN’ by NYT-Bestselling author Tayari Jones.WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club at CAAM for the L.A. launch of ‘KIN’ by NYT-Bestselling author Tayari Jones. WHEN: Doors at 6:30pm, event promptly at 7pm. WHERE: California African-American Museum, 600 State Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90037 HOW: FREE RSVP (No Book Included): This Free RSVP DOES NOT include a copy of the book and entry is based strictly on capacity at the door. Books will be available for purchase on-site. YOU CAN ADD ON A SIGNED COPY AT CHECKOUT TO GUARANTEE FOR PICK UP AT THE EVENT SIGNED BOOK ONLY: Can’t make it IRL but still want a signed copy? Order directly from our site! Please email us at questions@reparations.club if you have any additional needs, questions, or accessibility concerns. ABOUT THE BOOK:A MAGNIFICENT NEW NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE—TAYARI JONES HAS WRITTEN AN UNFORGETTABLE NOVEL THAT SPARKLES WITH WIT AND INTELLIGENCE AND DEEP FEELING ABOUT TWO LIFELONG FRIENDS WHOSE WORLDS CONVERGE AFTER MANY YEARS APART IN THE FACE OF A DEVASTATING TRAGEDY. Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, have been best friends and neighbors since earliest childhood, but are fated to live starkly different lives. Raised by a fierce aunt determined to give her a stable home in the wake of her mother’s death, Vernice leaves Honeysuckle at eighteen for Spelman College, where she joins a sisterhood of powerfully connected Black women and marries into an affluent family. Annie, abandoned by her dissolute mother as a child, and fixated on the idea of finding her and filling the bottomless hole left by her absence, sets off on a journey that will take her into a world of peril and adversity, as well as love and adventure, and culminate in a battle for her life.A novel about mothers and daughters, about friendship and sisterhood, and the complexities of being a woman in the American South, Kin is an exuberant, emotionally rich, unforgettable work from one of the brightest and most irresistible voices in contemporary fiction. TAYARI JONES is the author of four novels, most recently An American Marriage, which was an Oprah’s Book Club Selection and also appeared on Barack Obama’s summer reading list and his year-end roundup. It won the Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Orange Prize), Aspen Words Prize, and an NAACP Image Award and has been published in two dozen countries. Jones lives in Atlanta. Refund Policy: At Rep Club, we are committed to providing a valuable experience for all attendees. However, we understand sometimes plans change. Below is our refund policy for ticket purchases: Refund Eligibility: Requests for refunds must be made no later than 14 calendar days prior to the event date via Eventbrite only. – After this deadline, no refunds will be issued, except under extraordinary circumstances (see “Force Majeure” below). – Refunds will only be issued to the original purchaser via the original method of payment (i.e. Eventbrite). Non-Refundable Items: Processing fees and service charges are non-refundable, unless the event is canceled by the organizer (i.e. Rep Club). Event Cancellation or Rescheduling – If the event is canceled by the organizer, a full refund will be issued to all ticket holders, including any fees paid. – If the event is rescheduled, your ticket will automatically be valid for the new date. If you are unable to attend the rescheduled date, a refund request can be made within 7 calendar days of the rescheduling notice. No-Show Policy If you do not attend the event and have not contacted us by the refund deadline, unfortunately no refund will be issued. Marketing Notice By opt-ing into marketing emails for this event, you acknowledge that your contact information may be shared with our event partner. Contact Us If you have any questions regarding this refund policy, please contact us at questions@reparations.club.
