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Howard University president says bomb threats were 'motivated by hate'

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Howard University president on bomb threats directed at HBCUs: 'It's motivated by hate, which is exactly the antithesis of why these institutions are here.'

Wayne Frederick speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York on Nov 9, 2021. Photo: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Howard University president Wayne Frederick said Tuesday that bomb threats directed at several historically Black colleges and universities, including Howard, in recent days "are motivated by hate.

Frederick also said that he and other presidents of historically Black colleges and universities were on a call Tuesday with the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the threats. Several Howard University administrators have also been on calls with the FBI and local authorities, Frederick said.More than a dozen HBCUs on Tuesday closed campus or cancelled classes due to bomb threats on the first day of Black History Month.

 

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More than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities closed campus or cancelled classes due to bomb threats on the first day of Black History Month.

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