khalil gibran muhammad, the new head of the schomburg center. khalil gibran muhammad is a professor of history at indiana university. he will take over as the new director of the schomburg center for research and black culture right here in harlem. it is an honor to have you on this program. >> it is an honor to be here. tavis: when my staff and i sat down for a meeting and we laid out what we're going to do, i immediately said, get khalil gibran muhammad on the program. i am pleased that i got to talk to you and robert battle. you are both taking over as the head of iconic institutions. first of all, happy birthday. did you just turned 39? >> yes, i did. this is where i get to celebrate still being in my 30's. tavis: one more year. is this what you thought you would be doing it near 40? >> this is an opportunity that you cannot plan for. the schomburg center has had five directors over 80 years. i'm the first ph.d. to come out of the university. the senior or junior to me and say that we're going to be director. in that regard, no. in other rega