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Historian and writer Ibram X. Kendi, who gained prominence for his studies of anti-racism and founded a center focused on the subject at Boston University, plans to join the faculty of Howard University later this year.
Kendi, author of the bestseller “How to Be an Antiracist,” will start a new institute focusing on the global African diaspora at Howard, the prominent historically Black institution in the nation’s capital.
In an interview, Kendi said he has long been pulled to Howard, where Black thought leaders have long driven national conversation and advanced research on race and equity.
“When you think about the Black scholars and Black thinkers who have contributed so much to my way of thinking, it’s hard to not think about Howard,” Kendi said. “It’s the...