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NAACP 2017 Image Award Finalist
2018 Michigan Notable Books honoree
The author of Baldwin's Harlem looks at the evolving culture, politics, economics, and spiritual life of Detroit-a blend of memoir, love letter, history, and clear-eyed reportage that explores the city's past, present, and future and its significance to the African American legacy and the nation's fabric.
Herb Boyd moved to Detroit in 1943, as race riots were engulfing the city....
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A crowd of onlookers gawked from the sidewalk as four young black men dressed in black leather jackets and berets leaped from a Volkswagen, each of them wielding shotguns with bandoliers strapped across their bodies. The young men surrounded two white police officers who had accosted a black man and had him spread-eagled against a building. The young men did not say a word as the police officers watched them nervously, their eyes fixed on the shotguns....
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