The Black Camden Oral History Project is led by Dr. Kendra D. Boyd and Dr. Jesse Bayker with help from our friends at the Rutgers Oral History Archives.
Dr. Kendra D. Boyd is an Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University–Camden where she teaches African American history. Her research focuses on black business and economic history, urban history, and migration. She holds a Ph.D. in History from Rutgers University–New Brunswick and is a lifetime member of the Rutgers African American Alumni Alliance. Dr. Boyd is the author of Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025).
Dr. Jesse Bayker is an Assistant Teaching Professor of History at Rutgers University–Camden. His research and teaching focuses on the history of gender, digital history, U.S. history, and the history of New Jersey. He holds a Ph.D. in History from Rutgers University–New Brunswick.
This project has received support from the Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity (CIED) and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at Rutgers University–Camden.
