Lunch and Learn: R. Derek Black presents The Klans­man­’s Son: My Jour­ney from White Nation­al­ism to Antiracism

R. Derek Black (they/?them) is a doc­tor­al can­di­date in his­to­ry at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Chica­go. Since 2016, they have spo­ken to many audi­ences at uni­ver­si­ties, foun­da­tions, insti­tu­tions, muse­ums, syn­a­gogues, and church­es. They received the Elie Wiesel Award and a human­i­tar­i­an award from the Anti-Defama­tion League. The Klansman’s Son is their first book. In an era in which anti­semitism seems to be every­where, R. Derek Black’s mem­oir, The Klansman’s Son, is fright­en­ing­ly time­ly. Black grew up as the ulti­mate white suprema­cist. Black’s moth­er was once mar­ried to KKK Grand Wiz­ard David Duke; their father, Don Black, was a proud KKK leader whose hero was Adolf Hitler.