Khalil Gibran Muhammad
| Khalil Gibran Muhammad | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 27, 1972 South Side, Chicago, Illinois U.S. |
| Education |
University of Pennsylvania Rutgers University |
| Occupation |
Professor Historian |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) |
Ozier Muhammad Dr. Kimberly Muhammad-Earl |
| Relatives | Elijah Muhammad (great grandfather) |
Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ph.D. (born April 27, 1972) is the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a Harlem-based branch of the New York Public Library system and one of the world’s leading research facilities dedicated to the history of the African diaspora. Prior to joining the Schomburg Center in 2010, Muhammad was an associate professor of history at Indiana University Bloomington.
Muhammad grew up in South Side, Chicago, a working- and middle-class community that was predominantly segregated. He is the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times photographer Ozier Muhammad and Dr. Kimberly Muhammad-Earl, a teacher and administrator at the Chicago Board of Education. His paternal great-grandfather is Elijah Muhammad, an African-American religious leader, who led the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1934 until his death in 1975 when Muhammad was 2 and a half years old.
In 1993, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in economics. During college, Muhammad became a member of the Delta Eta chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
In 2004, Muhammad received his Ph.D. in American history from Rutgers University, specializing in 20th century and African-American history. Muhammad holds an honorary doctorate from The New School.
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