Keisha N Blain

Keisha N. Blain (born 1985) is an American historian and professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University, specializing in African American history, Black nationalism, and women's internationalism. University. Her notable works include the award-winning Set the World on Fire (2018), which received the Darlene Clark Hine Award and Berkshire Conference prize, the #1 New York Times bestseller Four Hundred Souls (2021, co-edited with Ibram X. Kendi), and Until I Am Free (2021), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; she has earned major accolades such as Guggenheim and Carnegie Fellowships (2022) and the Dan David Prize (2024). Corporation.