Ibram X. Kendi is leaving Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research to join Howard University as the director of its new Institute for Advanced Study.

Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research is closing as Ibram X. Kendi starts a new center at Howard University.

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 ...