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Herb Boyd was born on 1 November, 1938 in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., is an American journalist (born 1938). Discover Herb Boyd's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Occupation Journalist, teacher, author, and activist
Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 1 November, 1938
Birthday 1 November
Birthplace Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1938

Herb Boyd (born November 1, 1938) is an American journalist, teacher, author, and activist.

His articles appear regularly in the New York Amsterdam News.

He teaches black studies at the City College of New York and the College of New Rochelle.

Boyd was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up in Detroit, Michigan.

1958

He met Malcolm X in 1958 and credits him as an inspiration: "[Malcolm] set me on the path to become the writer-activist I am, to try to live up to the very ennobling things that he represented."

Boyd attended Wayne State University, graduating with a BA degree in philosophy.

1960

During the late 1960s, he helped establish the first black studies classes there and went on to teach at the university for 12 years.

He also co-developed and instructed the initial curriculum in jazz studies at the Oberlin Conservatory.

In addition to the Amsterdam News, Boyd's work has been published in The Black Scholar, The City Sun, Down Beat, Emerge, and Essence.

He has been recognized with awards from the National Association of Black Journalists and the New York Association of Black Journalists.

1995

Brotherman, which Boyd co-edited with Robert L. Allen, was given the 1995 American Book Award.

2009

His biography Baldwin's Harlem was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in 2009.

Boyd was managing editor of The Black World Today, a now-defunct online news service.

2014

In 2014, the National Association of Black Journalists inducted Boyd into its Hall of Fame.

2018

In 2018, Boyd was honored with the Outstanding Career Achievement Award at the James Aronson Social Justice Journalism Awards at Hunter College.

Boyd credited his wife, writer and professor Elza Dinwiddie-Boyd, for editing his published books.