Excited to discuss my book Freedom Enterprise at the Detroit Public Library on March 15th!
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Excited to discuss my book Freedom Enterprise at the Detroit Public Library on March 15th!
www.eventbrite.com/e/author-tal...
I would love to boost the account of @entandsoc.bsky.social, probably* the best journal of business history in the world. So if you (or your followers) are interested in business history, very broadly defined, please consider following and reposting bsky.app/profile/enta...
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Honored to be giving the Fleming-Morrow Lecture in African American History at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville on February 19th!
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Excited to visit University of Detroit Mercy on February 5 to talk about my book Freedom Enterprise!
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LISTEN: @kendradboyd.bsky.social discusses her award-winning 2025 book FREEDOM ENTERPRISE, which traces the rise and fall of the historic Black business community in Detroit, with @adamxmcneil.bsky.social on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social's podcast! bit.ly/4sWiqDJ
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Honored to receive a State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan for my book Freedom Enterprise!
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Launching an interactive digital map and database of Detroit’s historic Black-owned businesses. Check it out at freedomenterprise.org
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"This is the kind of book upon which new fields are built. A stellar accomplishment."
Kendra D. Boyd's brand-new book FREEDOM ENTERPRISE is now available for 40% off during our Summer Reading Sale! Head to our website and use code PENN-SUMMER25 to save.
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New on the blog: Six great books for World Entrepreneurship Day!
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Thanks Carly!
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Today is publication day! Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit can be purchased for 30% off using the code PENN-KBOYD30
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🎉 Day 1 of #OAH25 was amazing! 🎉 More than 1,700 historians have gathered in Chicago. Whether you're a first-timer or a longtime attendee, we’re so glad you’re here!
🗓️ Reminder: The OAH Presidential Address is at a NEW TIME—5:15pm, April 5.
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See you tomorrow for Day 2!
American Girl Place (is she likes dolls)
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Book cover fearing blue and black text and a black and white photo of two man walking in Detroit circa 1910s/1920s Freedom ENTERPRISE: BLACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP and RACIAL CAPITALISM in DETROIT By KENDRA D. BOYD
It’s here! It’s beautiful! Congratulations to my wonderful colleague @kendradboyd.bsky.social on the publication of Freedom Enterprise! @pennpress.bsky.social
27.03.2025 11:02 — 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0Thank you Carly!
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I published a piece about Black-owned business in Great Migration Detroit with @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-story-of...
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📢 @pennpress.bsky.social at BHC 2025 – Exclusive Discounts! 📢
The 2025 Business History Conference is here, and Penn Press is offering 40% off all books at our virtual exhibit store—plus free shipping on orders over $40! 🚀📚
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The AHA and the OAH have released a joint statement condemning recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources that include essential data. 🗃️
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23.02.2025 18:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks Wayne!
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My book Freedom Enterprise can be pre-ordered for 40% off using the code PENN-BHM2025 during the month of February. www.pennpress.org/978151282742...
The book tells the story of southern migrants who built a thriving Black-owned business community in Detroit during the Great Migration.
Our 2025 Black History Month sale ends next week! Browse our collection & use code PENN-BHM2025 for 40% off paperbacks and hardcovers and code PENN-BHM2025-E for 50% off ebooks: www.pennpress.org/black-histor...
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It probably got buried by Covid because it was released in 2021 but there's a documentary called Fire Boys if you want to learn more about the juvenile incarcerated firefighters
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Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are fighting the wildfires raging across southern California for $5.80-$10.24 per day
When responding to disasters, they may earn $26.90 over a 24-hour shift
Amrita Chakrabarti Myers discusses her path to becoming a scholar of the black female experience in the US and her work revealing the ways in which race, gender, freedom, and power have intersected to shape women's lives on @unecgh.bsky.social's Oh, the Humanities podcast. Listen:
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Presenting at AHA with some amazing scholars
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The Philadelphia Tribune celebrates 140 years as the oldest continuously published African American newspaper in U.S. whyy.org/articles/phi...
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