Kendra Boyd
@kendradboyd.bsky.social
Scholar of African American history, Black business and economics, urban history.
Honored to receive a State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan for my book Freedom Enterprise!
October 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Honored to receive a State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan for my book Freedom Enterprise!
Launching an interactive digital map and database of Detroit’s historic Black-owned businesses. Check it out at freedomenterprise.org
August 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Launching an interactive digital map and database of Detroit’s historic Black-owned businesses. Check it out at freedomenterprise.org
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"This is the kind of book upon which new fields are built. A stellar accomplishment."
Kendra D. Boyd's brand-new book FREEDOM ENTERPRISE is now available for 40% off during our Summer Reading Sale! Head to our website and use code PENN-SUMMER25 to save.
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Kendra D. Boyd's brand-new book FREEDOM ENTERPRISE is now available for 40% off during our Summer Reading Sale! Head to our website and use code PENN-SUMMER25 to save.
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Freedom Enterprise – Penn Press
Traces the rise and fall of the historic Black business community in DetroitThe Great Migration saw more than six million African Americans leave the US Sout...
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June 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"This is the kind of book upon which new fields are built. A stellar accomplishment."
Kendra D. Boyd's brand-new book FREEDOM ENTERPRISE is now available for 40% off during our Summer Reading Sale! Head to our website and use code PENN-SUMMER25 to save.
bit.ly/45Qp0lR
Kendra D. Boyd's brand-new book FREEDOM ENTERPRISE is now available for 40% off during our Summer Reading Sale! Head to our website and use code PENN-SUMMER25 to save.
bit.ly/45Qp0lR
Today is publication day! Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit can be purchased for 30% off using the code PENN-KBOYD30
www.pennpress.org/978151282742...
www.pennpress.org/978151282742...
Freedom Enterprise – Penn Press
Traces the rise and fall of the historic Black business community in DetroitThe Great Migration saw more than six million African Americans leave the US Sout...
www.pennpress.org
April 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Today is publication day! Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit can be purchased for 30% off using the code PENN-KBOYD30
www.pennpress.org/978151282742...
www.pennpress.org/978151282742...
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🎉 Day 1 of #OAH25 was amazing! 🎉 More than 1,700 historians have gathered in Chicago. Whether you're a first-timer or a longtime attendee, we’re so glad you’re here!
🗓️ Reminder: The OAH Presidential Address is at a NEW TIME—5:15pm, April 5.
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See you tomorrow for Day 2!
🗓️ Reminder: The OAH Presidential Address is at a NEW TIME—5:15pm, April 5.
ow.ly/zLNw50VuneJ
See you tomorrow for Day 2!
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April 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
🎉 Day 1 of #OAH25 was amazing! 🎉 More than 1,700 historians have gathered in Chicago. Whether you're a first-timer or a longtime attendee, we’re so glad you’re here!
🗓️ Reminder: The OAH Presidential Address is at a NEW TIME—5:15pm, April 5.
ow.ly/zLNw50VuneJ
See you tomorrow for Day 2!
🗓️ Reminder: The OAH Presidential Address is at a NEW TIME—5:15pm, April 5.
ow.ly/zLNw50VuneJ
See you tomorrow for Day 2!
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It’s here! It’s beautiful! Congratulations to my wonderful colleague @kendradboyd.bsky.social on the publication of Freedom Enterprise! @pennpress.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It’s here! It’s beautiful! Congratulations to my wonderful colleague @kendradboyd.bsky.social on the publication of Freedom Enterprise! @pennpress.bsky.social
I published a piece about Black-owned business in Great Migration Detroit with @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-story-of...
The story of the Great Migration often overlooks Black businesses that built Detroit
Detroit’s Black population grew sixfold from 1910 to 1920, and many businesses that sprouted to welcome the newcomers flourished.
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March 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I published a piece about Black-owned business in Great Migration Detroit with @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-story-of...
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📢 @pennpress.bsky.social at BHC 2025 – Exclusive Discounts! 📢
The 2025 Business History Conference is here, and Penn Press is offering 40% off all books at our virtual exhibit store—plus free shipping on orders over $40! 🚀📚
site.pennpress.org/bhc-2025/
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The 2025 Business History Conference is here, and Penn Press is offering 40% off all books at our virtual exhibit store—plus free shipping on orders over $40! 🚀📚
site.pennpress.org/bhc-2025/
#BHC2025 #BizHis #books
March 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
📢 @pennpress.bsky.social at BHC 2025 – Exclusive Discounts! 📢
The 2025 Business History Conference is here, and Penn Press is offering 40% off all books at our virtual exhibit store—plus free shipping on orders over $40! 🚀📚
site.pennpress.org/bhc-2025/
#BHC2025 #BizHis #books
The 2025 Business History Conference is here, and Penn Press is offering 40% off all books at our virtual exhibit store—plus free shipping on orders over $40! 🚀📚
site.pennpress.org/bhc-2025/
#BHC2025 #BizHis #books
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The AHA and the OAH have released a joint statement condemning recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources that include essential data. 🗃️
AHA–OAH Joint Statement on Federal Censorship of American History
The American Historical Association (AHA) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) have released a joint statement condemning federal censorship of American history.
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March 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The AHA and the OAH have released a joint statement condemning recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources that include essential data. 🗃️
My book Freedom Enterprise can be pre-ordered for 40% off using the code PENN-BHM2025 during the month of February. www.pennpress.org/978151282742...
The book tells the story of southern migrants who built a thriving Black-owned business community in Detroit during the Great Migration.
The book tells the story of southern migrants who built a thriving Black-owned business community in Detroit during the Great Migration.
February 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My book Freedom Enterprise can be pre-ordered for 40% off using the code PENN-BHM2025 during the month of February. www.pennpress.org/978151282742...
The book tells the story of southern migrants who built a thriving Black-owned business community in Detroit during the Great Migration.
The book tells the story of southern migrants who built a thriving Black-owned business community in Detroit during the Great Migration.
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Our 2025 Black History Month sale ends next week! Browse our collection & use code PENN-BHM2025 for 40% off paperbacks and hardcovers and code PENN-BHM2025-E for 50% off ebooks: www.pennpress.org/black-histor...
Black History Month - University of Pennsylvania Press
February is Black History Month, which pays tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society. To mark this occasion, Penn......
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February 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Our 2025 Black History Month sale ends next week! Browse our collection & use code PENN-BHM2025 for 40% off paperbacks and hardcovers and code PENN-BHM2025-E for 50% off ebooks: www.pennpress.org/black-histor...
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It probably got buried by Covid because it was released in 2021 but there's a documentary called Fire Boys if you want to learn more about the juvenile incarcerated firefighters
Fireboys Trailer #1 (2021) | Movieclips Indie
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January 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It probably got buried by Covid because it was released in 2021 but there's a documentary called Fire Boys if you want to learn more about the juvenile incarcerated firefighters
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Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are fighting the wildfires raging across southern California for $5.80-$10.24 per day
When responding to disasters, they may earn $26.90 over a 24-hour shift
When responding to disasters, they may earn $26.90 over a 24-hour shift
‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires
The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR
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January 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are fighting the wildfires raging across southern California for $5.80-$10.24 per day
When responding to disasters, they may earn $26.90 over a 24-hour shift
When responding to disasters, they may earn $26.90 over a 24-hour shift
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Amrita Chakrabarti Myers discusses her path to becoming a scholar of the black female experience in the US and her work revealing the ways in which race, gender, freedom, and power have intersected to shape women's lives on @unecgh.bsky.social's Oh, the Humanities podcast. Listen:
Amrita Chakrabarti Myers: Discussing Race, Gender, and Historic Erasure by Oh, the Humanities
Award-winning historian Amrita Chakrabarti Myers of Indiana University-Bloomington discusses her path to becoming a scholar of the black female experience in the United States and her work revealing t...
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January 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amrita Chakrabarti Myers discusses her path to becoming a scholar of the black female experience in the US and her work revealing the ways in which race, gender, freedom, and power have intersected to shape women's lives on @unecgh.bsky.social's Oh, the Humanities podcast. Listen:
Presenting at AHA with some amazing scholars
January 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Presenting at AHA with some amazing scholars
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The Philadelphia Tribune celebrates 140 years as the oldest continuously published African American newspaper in U.S. whyy.org/articles/phi...
Philadelphia Tribune celebrates 140 years of publication with special edition
The Philadelphia Tribune’s special 140th anniversary edition, which highlights crucial coverage throughout the publication’s history, will publish Nov. 24, 2024.
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December 7, 2024 at 12:13 PM
The Philadelphia Tribune celebrates 140 years as the oldest continuously published African American newspaper in U.S. whyy.org/articles/phi...
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The Charles L. Blockson collection at Temple University turns 40. It honors the legacy of one of America’s foremost historians and collectors of artifacts on the global Black experience. whyy.org/articles/cha...
Charles L. Blockson Collection at Temple turns 40
The collection at Temple University honors the legacy of one of America’s foremost historians and collectors of artifacts on the global Black experience.
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December 2, 2024 at 1:09 PM
The Charles L. Blockson collection at Temple University turns 40. It honors the legacy of one of America’s foremost historians and collectors of artifacts on the global Black experience. whyy.org/articles/cha...
Loving this book!
November 30, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Loving this book!
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Joe William Trotter, Jr. shares the sweeping story of how American cities developed from the visions and labor of the Black working class.
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Q&A with Joe William Trotter, Jr., author of "Building the Black City"
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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November 20, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Joe William Trotter, Jr. shares the sweeping story of how American cities developed from the visions and labor of the Black working class.
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/q...
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/q...