Tyree Boyd-Pates is currently the Associate Curator Of Western History of The Autry Museum of the American West. Previously, Boyd-Pates was at the California African American Museum (CAAM) to curate exhibitions and public programs about the history of African Americans in California and the West.
During his time at CAAM, he organized several acclaimed exhibitions, including Cross Colours: Black Fashion in the 20th Century (2019), Making Mammy: A Caricature of Black Womanhood, 1840– 1940 (2019), How Sweet the Sound: Gospel Music in Los Angeles (2018), California Bound: Slavery on the New Frontier, 1848-1865 (2018), Los Angeles Freedom Rally, 1963 (2018), Center Stage: African American Women in Silent Race Films (2017) and No Justice, No Peace: LA 92 (2017),.
Before joining CAAM, Boyd-Pates was a professor of African American Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills, wherein 2016 he was named the Herb Carter and Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke Distinguished Lecturer. He has also been honored by the Empowerment Congress as one of Los Angeles’ 40 Emerging Civic Leaders and received the MLK Jr. Unsung Hero Award from the California Legislative Black Caucus and the Rising Runner Alumni Award from California State University, Bakersfield. Boyd-Pates is a national board member for Museum Hue and a member of the African American Intellectual History Society. He is a social media influencer on African American history and culture, especially noted for examining those subjects from a millennial perspective. Boyd-Pates holds an MA in African American Studies from Temple University and a BA in Communications/Public Relations with a minor in African American Studies from California State University, Bakersfield.
