Herb Boyd

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Herb Boyd is an Author with 16 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2003 Interview as a Correspondent for the Amsterdam News. The year with the most videos was 2008 with three videos as a Managing Editor for the Black World Today. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2017 with an average of 41,263 views per program. Most appearances with Peter Slen (2), Amiri Baraka (2), Cora Daniels (2). Most common tags: African Americans, African American History, Arts & Literature.

Appearances by Title:Author

Videos: 7 c. January 1, 2010 - Present Adjunct Instructor, Black Studies Department, City College of New York

Videos: 4 c. January 1, 2008 - Present Managing Editor, [Black World Today]

Videos: 2 c. July 28, 2003 - Present Correspondent, [Amsterdam News]

Videos: 3

Recent Appearances

October 3, 2021
Discussion on the Legacies of Amistad and Zora Neale Hurston

The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center hosted a discussion on the legacy of book publisher Amistad as well as the wor…
July 21, 2018
Civil Unrest and Economic Conditions Before 1968

2018 is the 50th anniversary of the 1968 “Poor People’s Campaign” envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr. to shift the focus of …
July 2, 2017
In Depth with Herb Boyd

Professor Herb Boyd talks about his life and career. Professor Boyd’s books include Autobiography of a People, By Any Means N…
June 10, 2017
Black Detroit

Herb Boyd talked about his book Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination, in which he provides a history of Af…