Kendra D. Boyd is an Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University-Camden.

"Can free enterprise make you free? In Freedom Enterprise, Kendra D. Boyd explores how Detroit's Black entrepreneurs tried to use their businesses to carve paths to freedom, seeking economic security and justice for themselves and their communities. Boyd also reveals the tools of economic violence the government wielded to crush their accomplishments. A timely and compelling work, Freedom Enterprise's powerful indictment of racial capitalism resonates deeply with today's discussions on reparations, wealth disparities, and the enduring quest for true justice and equality." (Shennette Garrett-Scott, author of Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal) "Freedom Enterprise is a compelling examination of Detroit's Black 'migrant entrepreneurs' who battled the forces of racial oppression and economic exploitation to define financial autonomy on their own terms. Their strategies, successes, and failures remain salient as we confront the violence of racial capitalism today. With methodological dexterity and rigor, Kendra D. Boyd offers an innovative way to contextualize the Black Midwest and its centrality to US economic history—beyond the shop floor. This is the kind of book upon which new fields are built. A stellar accomplishment." (Tanisha C. Ford, author of Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement) "Freedom's Enterprise is an impressive accomplishment that makes a major contribution to the histories of Black entrepreneurship and the Great Migration. Kendra D. Boyd offers detailed research and incisive analysis of the history of African Americans who migrated to Detroit, not to work in Henry Ford's auto factories, but to establish their own businesses. Her ability to use the compelling stories of 'migrant entrepreneurs' in the 'Motor City' to illuminate the cost of racial capitalism is a major achievement." (Suzanne E. Smith, author of Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit)

Kendra D. Boyd is an Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University-Camden.

"Can free enterprise make you free? In Freedom Enterprise, Kendra D. Boyd explores how Detroit's Black entrepreneurs tried to use their businesses to carve paths to freedom, seeking economic security and justice for themselves and their communities. Boyd also reveals the tools of economic violence the government wielded to crush their accomplishments. A timely and compelling work, Freedom Enterprise's powerful indictment of racial capitalism resonates deeply with today's discussions on reparations, wealth disparities, and the enduring quest for true justice and equality." (Shennette Garrett-Scott, author of Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal) "Freedom Enterprise is a compelling examination of Detroit's Black 'migrant entrepreneurs' who battled the forces of racial oppression and economic exploitation to define financial autonomy on their own terms. Their strategies, successes, and failures remain salient as we confront the violence of racial capitalism today. With methodological dexterity and rigor, Kendra D. Boyd offers an innovative way to contextualize the Black Midwest and its centrality to US economic history—beyond the shop floor. This is the kind of book upon which new fields are built. A stellar accomplishment." (Tanisha C. Ford, author of Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement) "Freedom's Enterprise is an impressive accomplishment that makes a major contribution to the histories of Black entrepreneurship and the Great Migration. Kendra D. Boyd offers detailed research and incisive analysis of the history of African Americans who migrated to Detroit, not to work in Henry Ford's auto factories, but to establish their own businesses. Her ability to use the compelling stories of 'migrant entrepreneurs' in the 'Motor City' to illuminate the cost of racial capitalism is a major achievement." (Suzanne E. Smith, author of Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit)

Kendra D. Boyd is an Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University-Camden.

"Can free enterprise make you free? In Freedom Enterprise, Kendra D. Boyd explores how Detroit's Black entrepreneurs tried to use their businesses to carve paths to freedom, seeking economic security and justice for themselves and their communities. Boyd also reveals the tools of economic violence the government wielded to crush their accomplishments. A timely and compelling work, Freedom Enterprise's powerful indictment of racial capitalism resonates deeply with today's discussions on reparations, wealth disparities, and the enduring quest for true justice and equality." (Shennette Garrett-Scott, author of Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal) "Freedom Enterprise is a compelling examination of Detroit's Black 'migrant entrepreneurs' who battled the forces of racial oppression and economic exploitation to define financial autonomy on their own terms. Their strategies, successes, and failures remain salient as we confront the violence of racial capitalism today. With methodological dexterity and rigor, Kendra D. Boyd offers an innovative way to contextualize the Black Midwest and its centrality to US economic history—beyond the shop floor. This is the kind of book upon which new fields are built. A stellar accomplishment." (Tanisha C. Ford, author of Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement) "Freedom's Enterprise is an impressive accomplishment that makes a major contribution to the histories of Black entrepreneurship and the Great Migration. Kendra D. Boyd offers detailed research and incisive analysis of the history of African Americans who migrated to Detroit, not to work in Henry Ford's auto factories, but to establish their own businesses. Her ability to use the compelling stories of 'migrant entrepreneurs' in the 'Motor City' to illuminate the cost of racial capitalism is a major achievement." (Suzanne E. Smith, author of Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit)