Director of the Black Abolitionist Archive and Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine will present on “Potawatomi Hospitality” during a special lunch time on Thursday, Nov. 16 from 12:45-2 p.m.
Detroit Mercy will hold a panel discussion and documentary viewing of Ossian Sweet as part of the University’s celebration of Black History Month. The event was re-scheduled to Wednesday, March 15 at 7 p.m. due to the University closing because of weather during late February.
Tiya Miles, author of six books on African American and Indigenous history, will discuss her latest book, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, A Black Family Keepsake. The webinar is set for Monday, Feb. 6 from 7-8:30 p.m. via Zoom.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Olio, Tyehimba Jess will give a dynamic, free poetry reading on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7-8:30 p.m.
The public, students, staff and faculty are invited to hear two nationally award-winning poets read from their work at University of Detroit Mercy.
The McNichols Campus Library and the Black Abolitionist Archive invite Detroit Mercy students, faculty and staff for the annual Constitution Day event from 1-2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19. The event will be held on the second floor of the Bargman Room of the McNichols Campus Library.
February is Black History Month and Detroit Mercy is celebrating with a series of in-person and virtual programming on the McNichols Campus. Dorothy Stewart, associate …
The Black Abolitionist Archive and the Student Life Office will co-sponsor a virtual talk on racist Zoombombing on Nov. 4 at noon. University of Michigan’s …
Emerson College Professor of Creative Writing Jerald Walker will present a talk and reading on Thursday. April 8 at 6:30 p.m. about his book, How …
After a proclamation by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, September in Michigan has been officially designated Underground Railroad Month, and Detroit Mercy Professor of History Roy …
In honor of Constitution Day, the Black Abolitionist Archive, History Department, Political Science Department, Women’s and Gender Studies Program and McNichols Campus Library will sponsor …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine wrote the History News Network article, “It’s time for white parents to have the talk with their children,” June …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine published an invited article, “Black Abolitionists and the Fifteenth Amendment,” on the National Park Service website. The article highlights …
Detroit Mercy’s Black Abolitionist Archive and McNichols Campus Library will sponsor a viewing and discussion of two recent short films that offer insights into the …
In honor of Constitution Day, the Black Abolitionist Archive and the McNichols Campus Library will sponsor a talk about the 1896 Supreme Court case of Plessy …
The Black Abolitionist Archive invites the Detroit Mercy community to its upcoming “lunch and learn” presentations: On Friday, Nov. 30 at noon in the Presidents …
