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  Herb Boyd

Herb Boyd is an award-winning author and journalist who has published sixteen books and countless articles for national magazines and newspapers. Brotherman—The Odyssey of Black Men in America—An Anthology (One World/Ballantine, 1995), co-edited with Robert Allen of the Black Scholar journal, won the American Book Award for nonfiction.  In 1999, Boyd won three first place awards from the New York Association of Black Journalists for his articles published in the Amsterdam News.   Among his most popular books are Black Panthers for Beginners  (Writers & Readers, 1995); Autobiography of a People—Three Centuries of African American History Told By Those Who Lived It (Doubleday, 2000); and Pound for Pound—The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson (Amistad, 2005). Currently, he is working with world music composer and musician Yusef Lateef on his autobiography for Morton Books, which is slated for release in September. Contact him at hboyd@vincyweb.com

Stories By Herb Boyd:
Malcolm on My Mind