Herb Boyd
American journalist (born 1938)
Herb Boyd
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Boyd speaking at the
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November 1, 1938
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84)
Birmingham, Alabama
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Wayne State University |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, teacher, author, and activist |
Herb Boyd (born November 1, 1938) [1] is an American journalist, teacher, author, and activist. His articles appear regularly in the New York Amsterdam News . He teaches black studies at the City College of New York and the College of New Rochelle . [2]
Biography
Boyd was born in Birmingham, Alabama , and grew up in Detroit, Michigan . [1] [3] He met Malcolm X in 1958 and credits him as an inspiration: "[Malcolm] set me on the path to become the writer-activist I am, to try to live up to the very ennobling things that he represented." [4]
Boyd attended Wayne State University , graduating with a BA degree in philosophy. [5] During the late 1960s, he helped establish the first black studies classes there and went on to teach at the university for 12 years. [6] He also co-developed and instructed the initial curriculum in jazz studies at the Oberlin Conservatory . [7]
In addition to the Amsterdam News , Boyd's work has been published in The Black Scholar , The City Sun , Down Beat , Emerge , and Essence . [1] [2] He has been recognized with awards from the National Association of Black Journalists and the New York Association of Black Journalists. [2] In 2014, the National Association of Black Journalists inducted Boyd into its Hall of Fame. [8]
Brotherman , which Boyd co-edited with Robert L. Allen , was given the 1995 American Book Award . [9] His biography Baldwin's Harlem was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in 2009. [10]
Boyd was managing editor of The Black World Today , a now-defunct online news service. [1] [11]
In 2018, Boyd was honored with the Outstanding Career Achievement Award at the James Aronson Social Justice Journalism Awards at Hunter College . Boyd credited his wife, writer and professor Elza Dinwiddie-Boyd, for editing his published books. [12]
Selected works
- African History for Beginners , For Beginners, 2007. ISBN 978-1-934389-18-8
- Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries of African-American History Told by Those Who Lived It (editor), Anchor Books, 2000. ISBN 978-0-385-49279-9
- Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin , Atria, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7432-9307-5
- Black Detroit: A People's History of Self-Determination , Amistad Press , 2017. ISBN 978-0-06-234662-9
- Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America (co-editor with Robert L. Allen ), One World/Ballantine, 1995. ISBN 978-0-345-37670-1
- By Any Means Necessary: Malcolm X: Real, Not Reinvented (co-editor with Ron Daniels , Maulana Karenga , and Haki R. Madhubuti ), Third World Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-88378-336-8
- We Shall Overcome: The History of the Civil Rights Movement as It Happened , Sourcebooks, 2004. ISBN 978-1-4022-0213-1
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Herb Boyd" . Contemporary Authors . January 1, 2005. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017 . Retrieved May 31, 2012 . (subscription required)
- 1 2 3 "Veteran Author Nominated for an NAACP Image Award". New York Amsterdam News . February 5, 2009. ProQuest 390365419 .
- ↑ Angaza, Maitefa (June 10, 2010). "African Voices Honors Four Treasures". New York Amsterdam News . ProQuest 516370889 .
- ↑ "Recollecting and Defending the Legacy of Malcolm X Today". New York Amsterdam News . May 26, 2011. ProQuest 873587980 . . Also at New York Amsterdam News , December 13, 2012.
- ↑ "Herb Boyd" . The History Makers . December 2013 . Retrieved February 24, 2022 .
- ↑ Anderson, Rhonda (April 3, 1996). "Attacks on Afrocentrism Threaten Black Studies". Michigan Chronicle . ProQuest 390082999 .
- ↑ Boyd, Herb (January 28, 2016). "Outrage at Oberlin College" . New York Amsterdam News . Retrieved January 30, 2016 .
- ↑ "2014 NABJ Hall of Fame Induction and Reception" . National Association of Black Journalists . Retrieved November 29, 2013 .
- ↑ "Department of Energy To Hold Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Program" . US Fed News Service. January 5, 2007. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016 . Retrieved May 31, 2012 . (subscription required)
- ↑ "The 40th NAACP Image Awards" . Archived from the original on May 11, 2012 . Retrieved May 31, 2012 .
- ↑ White, Claire E. (November 1997). "Interview with Herb Boyd" . The Internet Writing Journal . Retrieved January 30, 2016 .
- ↑ "Herb Boyd receives social justice award" . New York Amsterdam News . May 24, 2018 . Retrieved December 18, 2021 .
External links
- "NABJ 2014 Hall of Fame Inductee – HERB BOYD" . YouTube video.
- "Herb Boyd" . AALBC.com .
- "Herb Boyd" . AEI Speakers Bureau.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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