Richard X, III

Education

B.A. History and Government - Bowie State University
M.Div. - Yale University
Master of Sacred Theology - Yale University

Biography

Richard X, III is a scholar of Black Critical Studies and Black Religious Ethics. As a student of Afropessimism, “he” (the scare quotes matter) studies the prison and the confinement that Black flesh endures and resists everyday. As a practitioner of Black Religion, he serves as a chaplain at Rikers Island.