Events and Media Appearances
BACKTALKER BOOK TOUR 2026
Wednesday, April 22nd: Los Angeles, CA — Sisters-in-the-Law in Conversation with Dorothy Roberts, moderated by Robert D.G. Kelley | UCLA Nimoy Theater, 6pm - Get Tickets
Saturday, April 25: Washington, DC — Cornell Black Alumni Association 50th Anniversary, Sharing Our Stories | The Westin DC Downtown, 10am - Get Tickets
Monday, April 27: Atlanta, GA — In Conversation with Carol Anderson at Spelman College | Cosby Auditorium, 4pm - Get Tickets
Tuesday, April 28: Atlanta, GA — In Conversation with Beverly Guy-Sheftall | Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Perimeter, 6pm - Get Tickets
Thursday, April 30: Los Angeles, CA — PEN World Voices with Jemele Hill | The California African American Museum, 6:30pm - Get Tickets
Friday, May 1: Canton, OH — “Let’s Talk About It” moderated by Charita Goshay |Cultural Center for the Arts, 6:30pm - Get Tickets
Saturday, May 2: New Brunswick, NJ — Writing a Life Conference with Roxane Gay | Rutgers University, 9am - Get Tickets
Monday, May 4: Brooklyn, NY — In Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones | Powerhouse, 7pm - Get Tickets
Wednesday, May 6: Baltimore, MD — In Conversation with Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead | Red Emma’s Bookstore, 12pm - Get Tickets
Wednesday, May 6: Baltimore, MD — In Conversation with Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead | Bird in Hand Cafe & Bookstore, 7:30pm - Get Tickets
Thursday, May 7: Washington, DC — In Conversation with April Ryan | DC Public Library, 7pm - Get Tickets
Saturday, May 9: Chicago, IL — Chicago Humanities Festival, 6:30pm - Get Tickets
Monday, May 11: New York, NY — In Conversation with V (formerly Eve Ensler) | Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, 6pm - Get Tickets
Tuesday, May 12: Cambridge, MA — In Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson | Brattle Theater, 6pm - Get Tickets
Wednesday, May 13: New York, NY — In Conversation with Farrah Griffin | NYPL, 7pm - Get Tickets
Thursday, May 14: Los Angeles, CA — In Conversation with Russell Robinson | Hammer Museum, 7:30pm - Get Tickets
Friday, May 15: Seattle, WA — In Conversation with Angela Rye | Town Hall Seattle, 7:30pm - Get Tickets
Sunday, May 17: Los Angeles, CA — Special Needs Network Pink Pump Gala Book Signing | Beverly Hilton Hotel, 11am-3pm - Get Tickets
Monday, May 18: San Francisco, CA — Booksmith @ Internet Archive - Get Tickets
Saturday, May 23: London, UK — In Conversation with Afua Hirsch | Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall, 2pm - Get Tickets
Sunday, May 24: Birmingham, UK — In Conversation with Kehinde Andrews | Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 3pm - Get Tickets
Tuesday, May 26: London, UK — London School of Economics and Political Science, 5:30pm - Get Tickets
Tuesday, June 2: Fulda, DE — In Conversation with Dr. Cengiz Barskanmaz | Fulda University of Applied Sciences, 5pm
Wednesday, June 3: Berlin, DE — In Conversation with Emilia Roig | Heimathafen Theatre in Neukölln, 7pm - Get Tickets
Saturday, June 6: Amsterdam, NLD — University of Amsterdam Law School, Time TBD
Tuesday, June 9: Paris, FR — Université Paris Nanterre, 5pm
Wednesday, June 10: Paris, FR — In Conversation with Keithley Woolward | Columbia Global Paris Center, Reid Hall, 1pm - Get Tickets
Thursday, June 11: Berlin, DE — In Conversation with Dr. Cengiz Barskanmaz | Hebbel am Ufer, 7:30pm - Get Tickets
Saturday, June 13: San Francisco, CA — San Francisco Public Library 30th Anniversary Celebration | More Information
Friday, June 26: Charlotte, NC — In Conversation with Monique Couvson | Black Girls Film Camp, 7pm - Get Tickets
Saturday, July 11: Columbus, OH — Columbus Book Festival, 1pm
Saturday, August 15: Martha’s Vineyard, MA — Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival
Notable Articles and MEdia Appearances
The Battle for Our Memory Is the Battle for Our Country, Time
Why Trump’s ‘anti-woke’ attack on the Smithsonian matters, The Guardian
Civil rights leaders rally around National Museum of African American History, USA Today
Anti-Blackness Is at the Heart of Trump’s Toxic Politics, The New Republic
‘Just the tip of the iceberg’: Kimberlé Crenshaw warns against rightwing battle over critical race theory, The Guardian
King was a critical race theorist before there was a name for it, Los Angeles Times
Why book bans and voter suppression go hand in hand, Los Angeles Times
‘You Promised You Wouldn’t Kill Me’ : Atatiana Jefferson, Natasha McKenna and the other black women we forget, The New York Times
The College Board Strips Down Its A.P. Curriculum for African American Studies, The New York Times
“Critical thinking is the kryptonite to fascism”: Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Trump administration's erasure policies
“The urgency of intersectionality”: TED Talk