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John Boyd, Jr is a fourth-generation black farmer, businessman and civil rights activist. He is the founder and president of the non-profit National Black Farmers Association, a position that has frequently placed him in the national spotlight.
John Wesley Boyd Jr. (born September 4, 1965) is an African-American farmer, civil rights activist and the founder of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA).
After nearly a decade of work –from door-to-door canvassing, to conversations on Capitol Hill, and multiple times before Congress, John Boyd was instrumental in securing the biggest Congressional victory in history for black farmers, new legislation within the 2008 Farm Bill that effectively reopened the government’s discrimination ...
Feb 7, 2021 · Stop by John Boyd Jr.’s 1,300-acre farm in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on any given day—especially in the early morning hours—and you’re bound to catch him perched atop his Case International 7150 tractor, looking toward the horizon as he rolls up and down the rows of his meticulously planted soybean, wheat and corn crops.
President and Founder of the NBFA John W. Boyd, Jr. John W. Boyd Jr. is a fourth generation farmer and a civil rights activist. He was born in Queens, New York on September 4, 1965.
Jun 18, 2021 · John Boyd Jr. is the founder of the National Black Farmers Association. He's been fighting for years to protect his land and that of other Black farmers around the country.
Feb 14, 2016 · As an African-American, John Boyd Jr. might not be what Americans imagine when they think of a typical farmer. But Boyd has been farming his entire life, like his father, grandfather and...
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