Black Detroit: A People's History of Self-DeterminationPaperback, 5 June 2018

"Boyd chronicles the ... history of Detroit through the lens of the African American experience. Offering [a] ... discussion of this iconic city, [the book] ranges in subject from Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac's initial vision of what would become a thriving metropolis to the city's glory days as the center of American commerce; from the waves of fugitives traveling on the Underground Railroad to the advent of the People Mover circling downtown; from the creation of the unparalleled sound of Motown to the emergence of Wayne State University as a hotbed of political thought"--Back cover.