Historian and writer Ibram X. Kendi, who wrote the bestseller “How to Be an Antiracist” and led a center on the subject at Boston University, will join Howard University’s faculty.

Ibram X. Kendi, the scholar of anti-racism who rose to prominence during the social justice movement that swept the nation after the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, is leaving Boston University after five years.

Boston University is closing its Center for Antiracist Research as its founding director, scholar Ibram X. Kendi, leaves for another job. Why it matters: BU's decision, which comes amid a federal backlash to programs related to diversity,