{"id":2237,"date":"2026-01-12T16:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:37:17","slug":"historian-kendra-d-boyd-to-discuss-award-winning-book-freedom-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2026\/01\/12\/historian-kendra-d-boyd-to-discuss-award-winning-book-freedom-enterprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Historian Kendra D. Boyd to Discuss Award-Winning Book: Freedom Enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2238\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2026\/01\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_1172261569_1817682035963_1_original.jpeg?resize=300%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2026\/01\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_1172261569_1817682035963_1_original.jpeg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2026\/01\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_1172261569_1817682035963_1_original.jpeg?resize=768%2C499&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2026\/01\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_1172261569_1817682035963_1_original.jpeg?resize=538%2C350&amp;ssl=1 538w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2026\/01\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_1172261569_1817682035963_1_original.jpeg?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>University of Detroit Mercy will welcome, as part of its celebration of Black History Month, historian Kendra D. Boyd, Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University\u2013Camden, for a book talk on Thursday, February 5 at 6:00 p.m. in the Loranger Architecture Exhibition Space.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd will discuss her book Freedom Enterprise, winner of the Historical Society of Michigan\u2019s 2025 State History Award. Her scholarship focuses on African American history, Black entrepreneurship, and economic self-determination, examining how Black-owned businesses in Michigan shaped broader struggles for civil rights, labor, and community empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>The event is open to the campus and wider community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Detroit Mercy will welcome, as part of its celebration of Black History Month, historian Kendra D. Boyd, Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University\u2013Camden, for a book talk on Thursday, February 5 at 6:00 p.m. in the Loranger Architecture Exhibition Space. Boyd will discuss her book Freedom Enterprise, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":682,"featured_media":2238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[44,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2026\/01\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_1172261569_1817682035963_1_original.jpeg?fit=940%2C611&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2239,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions\/2239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}