A Journey in American History
"Connecting the Spokes on the Wheel of History of Enslaved People and Descendants"
About us
Since its establishment in the fall of 2021, the Coalition has developed educational programming and monthly virtual gatherings to bring together local organizations engaged in the work of documenting the histories tied to slavery and Black New Englanders. The Coalition has created a much needed space in the community to discuss the embedded legacy of slavery throughout the local landscape.
By fostering a productive environment that welcomes people from all walks of life, the Lloyd family has developed successful working relationships with the Museum of African American History (Boston, Nantucket) and Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery to produce digital humanities projects like WeClaimSpace.org, an online exhibition of Darby Vassall.
In addition to interactive, digital media that celebrates Black resistance in Boston and Cambridge, the Coalition has also partnered with National Park Service sites like the Longfellow House National Historic Site to create public programing that educates visitors about the history of enslavement, Black liberation, and the persistent legacies of the past.
Our Team
Dennis Lloyd
Founder
Dennis Lloyd was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He attended Boston State College and earned a Master’s degree from Howard University in the School of Architecture & Planning. As a Vietnam Veteran, he served with the 52nd Combat Aviation Battalion in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Tet offensive and was awarded the Army Aircraft Crewman’s Wings for flying over 100 Combat hours, as an Ariel-Assault Door Gunner. He has worked for the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), The Boston Globe newspaper, and as a property developer in Massachusetts.
He currently serves on Church Vestry of Saint Paul’s Episcopal in Atlanta, Georgia, and he has served for over twenty years on the Steward Board of The Historic Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 2021, he became a founder of the Slave Legacy History Coalition. He is married to Beverly Parks Lloyd and together they have five children and five grandchildren.
Egypt Lloyd
Founder
Egypt Lloyd is the founder of Take Off Drones, a drone servicing company. She is a commercial pilot certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), with over five years of flight experience and has logged over 5,000 drone flight hours. Prior to Take Off Drone, Egypt was an accomplished Senior Government Underwriter with over twenty years of experience in the real estate industry.
Egypt is also the creator and founder of the Neat and Orderly Tots enrichment program that has been implemented in schools throughout the state of Georgia and Colorado. Egypt has worked with History Cambridge as a Project Advisor on the Tory Row’s Hidden Black History project. In 2021, she became a founder of the Slave Legacy History Coalition. She is currently pursuing a degree from Embry-Riddle College of Aeronautics in Aviation and Aerospace.
Freddie L. Johnson
Treasurer
Slave Legacy History Coalition
Beverly Parks-Lloyd
Director
Slave Legacy History Coalition For Kids
Tonya Lloyd
Advisor
Slave Legacy History Coalition
Jordan Lloyd
Advisor
Slave Legacy History Coalition
Lia Thomas-Lloyd
Advisor
Slave Legacy History Coalition For Kids
