Jim Boyd

Jim Boyd was a weekend, early morning and midday news anchor and reporter for WCVB-TV. He is currently working as an actor in major motion pictures and television productions. Early life and education Born James Lloyd Boyd in Harlem, New York, he is the son of Edmonia Coleman, a secretary and receptionist and Leroy Homer Boyd, a postal worker, gospel singer and musician. His grandfather Arthur Leroy Boyd was first violinist in the Negro String Quartet that performed with singer Roland Hayes at New York's Carnegie Hall on November 27, 1925. Boyd had three siblings. He was born in Harlem Hospital, educated in New York City Schools (Public School 90, and Public School 68, Humboldt Junior High School 115 and George Washington High School (New York City) (class of 1958) and attended Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York and Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. Career