"Award-winning journalist Herb Boyd chronicles the fascinating history of Detroit through the lens of the African American experience. Offering an expansive discussion of this iconic city, Black Detroit ranges in subject from Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac's initial vision of what would become a thriving metropolis to the city's glory days as the center of American commerce; from the waves of fugitives traveling on the Underground Railroad to the advent of the People Mover circling downtown; from the creation of the unparalleled sound of Motown to the emergence of Wayne State University as a hotbed of political thought."--Back cover.
Discusses the role of African Americans in the creation of the nation, looking at the contributions of African American people to the history, literature, music, dance, religion, and philosophy of the United States.
three centuries of African American history told by those who lived it
Boyd, Herb
2001
An anthology of autobiographical writings that combine to present a history of the African-American experience, arranged chronologically by date of author's birth, from 1710 to 1963.
An anthology of more than 150 selections, some never published before, taken from slave narratives, memoirs, novels, poems, short stories, essays, biographies, and position papers.
three centuries of African American history told by those who lived it
Boyd, Herb
2000
An anthology of autobiographical writings that combine to present a history of the African-American experience, arranged chronologically by date of author's birth, from 1710 to 1963.
Examines the life of twentieth-century American author James Baldwin, focusing on how the influences and associations he made in Harlem were reflected in his writing.
Presents the biography of boxing great Sugar Ray Robinson and chronicles his early childhood in Georgia and Detroit and his development as a boxer in the 1950s.
Chronicles America's Civil Rights movement through a collection of black-and-white illustrated photographs and two audio CDs narrated by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee.
