YOHURU WILLIAMS is a professor of history and founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous books, including Teaching U.S. History Beyond the Textbook, Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, and Black Freedom Fighter. Williams is the former chief historian of the Jackie Robinson Foundation and appeared in Ken Burns’ Jackie Robinson documentary, and was one of the hosts of Sound Smart, the History Channel’s popular YouTube program. His educational videos on civil rights, social movements, and other historic events have garnered more than 1 million views. His latest book, More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), co-written with Michael G. Long, is longlisted for a 2023 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
