Herb Boyd is a journalist, activist, teacher, and author or editor of twenty-three books, including his latest, The Diary of Malcolm X, edited with Ilyasah Al-Shabazz, Malcolm X's daughter. His articles have been published in the Black Scholar, Final Call, the Amsterdam News, Cineaste, Downbeat, the Network Journal, and the Daily Beast. A scholar for more than forty years, he teaches African American history and culture at the City College of New York in Harlem, where he lives.
A blend of memoir, love letter, history, and clear-eyed reportage
that explores the city s past, present, future and its significance
to the African-American legacy and the nation s fabric. -Detroit
Free Press
Detroit has found its griot in Herb Boyd.
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