What if the problem isn’t that most people aren’t geniuses — but that we’ve been taught to look for genius in all the wrong places? Dr. Maxine Bryant traces the origins of a narrowly defined idea of brilliance, invites us to go back and reclaim what was lost, and argues that expanding who gets to be called a genius will transform what becomes possible for future generations. Dr. Maxine L. Bryant is an award-winning journalist, educator, speaker, and cultural truth-teller. A four-time author and global presenter on diversity and justice, she champions accurate Black history through her GriotSpeaks brand and her consulting firm, Bryant Educational Seminars and Training (B.E.S.T.), which she founded in 1998. She recently retired from Georgia Southern University, where she also served as Interim Chief Diversity Officer and founded the university’s Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center.