Boston Business Journal

Boston University to close Center for Antiracist Research as founder departs

In this Oct. 21, 2020, file photo, Ibram X. Kendi, director of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research, stands for a portrait in Boston.
AP Photo/Steven Senne, File

In this Oct. 21, 2020, file photo, Ibram X. Kendi, director of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research, stands for a portrait in Boston.

Boston University will close its Center for Antiracist Research after less than five years with the departure of founder Ibram X. Kendi.

Kendi is leaving BU to join Howard University, a historically Black college in Washington, D.C., both schools announced Thursday.

WATCH ANYTIME FOR FREE

icon

Stream NBC10 Boston news for free, 24/7, wherever you are.

More on this story from Boston Business Journal

Copyright Boston Business Journal
Contact Us