Tennessee Black History (The Boyd Legacy)
Today's fact comes from the Boyd family (if you went to #TennesseeStateUniversity you know ALL about Boyd Hall). The founding patriarch, Richard Henry Boyd, born into slavery and went on to establish the R. H. Boyd Publishing Corporation, formerly the National Baptist Publishing Board in 1897. Following the success of his publishing business, Dr. Boyd and his supporters founded the National Baptist Convention of America. _ Dr. Boyd also believed that #RepresentationMatters an