Herb Boyd, Author . Atria $24 (244p) ISBN 978-0-7432-9307-5
Although James Baldwin (1924–1987) left his native Harlem as a young man and returned only for occasional visits, the New York neighborhood was a recurring theme in his essays and novels, and critics often claimed that the noted African-America
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Herb Boyd, Author Three Rivers Press (CA) $19 (336p) ISBN 978-1-4000-4681-2
Boyd, national editor at The Black World Today and history professor at the College of New Rochelle, has assembled a memorable""mosaic of impressions,"" as he states in the introduction, of""personal experiences, organizations, institutions, and the
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Herb Boyd, Author One World $35 (909p) ISBN 978-0-345-37670-1
This outstanding collection of writings by African-American males has been edited by Boyd (Down the Glory Road) and Allen (The Port Chicago Mutiny) with a commitment to inclusion and diversity. More than 100 pieces are organized by subjects such as...
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Herb Boyd. Amistad, $27.99 (432p) ISBN 978-0-06-234662-9
Boyd (Baldwin’s Harlem) breathes new life into the history of Detroit through stories of the city’s black residents from its earliest days to its bittersweet present. True to its title, the book documents the display of black determination, a mix of
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Herb Boyd, Author, Ossie Davis, Narrated by, Ruby Dee, Narrated by . Sourcebooks MediaFusion $45 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4022-0213-1
In this lucid, textbook-like volume, Boyd (Race and Resistance
; The Harlem Reader
) takes readers on a journey through the Civil Rights movement, a march of progress bookended here by murders: the first chapter describes the 1955 Mississippi...
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Herb Boyd, Author, Ray Robinson, Author with Ray Robinson II. Amistad $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-018876-4
In hands as skilled at the keyboard as Sugar Ray Robinson's were in the ring, this athlete would've been a great biography subject. His charisma and winning technique made him the prince of Harlem in the WWII era (though he's primarily...
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