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| Harlem Speaks Presents Author and Journalist Herb Boyd With 40+ years of journalism under his belt, Harlemite Herb Boyd can speak with authority about his field, especially as it relates to jazz. He’s a long-time devotee of the music who has written for DownBeat, first beginning in the 70s as a correspondent from Detroit, his hometown. On Thursday, August 25th, Harlem Speaks closes the summer set of talks at the offices of the Jazz Museum in Harlem with Mr. Boyd, one of the most tireless journalists in the nation's media capital. In addition to discussing the Detroit and Midwest jazz scene of his early years, he is expected to confront controversies in jazz criticism that he has observed over the course of his career. Boyd serves as National Editor of the online publication The Black World Today. His byline can be seen on a weekly basis in the Amsterdam News. Boyd's co-editorship of the anthology Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America was awarded an American Book Award for nonfiction; he is also editor of The Harlem Reader, and author of a biography of Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar in Harlem, as well as We Shall Overcome, a gripping account of the civil rights movement. Boyd's biography of jazz musician Yusef Lateef is scheduled for release this winter. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |