. >> what's special and perhaps unique about kalil mohammed is that he is not only a brilliant scholartellectual, but he is also an extraordinarily gifted administrator. he wants the schomburg to discover the past and learn from it. >> we want to raise the historical literacy of young people so that they feel comfortable asking the kinds of questions that a young 29-year-old baptist minister named martin luther king asked in montgomery, alabama. >> do you hear more about martin luther king at school or malcolm x? >> martin luther king. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> he seems interested in getting the youth involved and having the children learn about their history. >> this educator is dedicated to helping young people realize the value of preserving their own history. >> will we one day say the rap of lil wayne in the schomburg. >> i think it's a good idea, actually. i think all these questions about who is black, what is black, whether i fit in the world, so i have to bring those questions front and center into the life of this institution. >> for kalil mohammed the schomburg center is about th