Professor of History and Department Co-Chair Roy E. Finkenbine gave a talk on “The Underground Railroad in ‘Indian Country’: Northwest Ohio, 1795-1843” at the River …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine sat down with CBS News Detroit to take a closer look at Black history education during the annual celebration of Black History Month in February.
Finkenbine talks about the African American history, underground railroad, slave resistance, among other topics in the 25-minute interview with CBS.
On Sept. 15, Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine gave a talk on “The Indigenous Underground Railroad” at Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia. …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine presented a paper on “What an Odawa/Ojibwa Oral Tradition Tells Us About Michigan’s Underground Railroad” on May …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine co-presented in an International Underground Railroad Month webinar on May 11, 2022. The webinar promoted how communities …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine made a virtual presentation on “The Indigenous Underground Railroad” as part of a lecture series sponsored and …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine was a panelist in a session on “Indigenous People and the Underground Railroad” at the annual meeting …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine was a panelist for a virtual symposium, “A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine’s work on the Underground Railroad, as well as his efforts as a member of the Michigan Freedom …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine will be featured on the Science Channel and Discovery Plus for the documentary series The Underground …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine gave a talk on “Native Americans and the Underground Railroad” on Nov. 10 at the Commerce Township …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine presented “An Odawa Take about Michigan’s Underground Railroad” at the fourth annual Michigan Underground Railroad Heritage …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine spoke virtually Sept. 16 on “The Robert Cromwell Rescue” as part of a four-week series on the …
September marks International Underground Railroad Month, and the McNichols Campus Library and the Black Abolitionist Archive are celebrating with a display of three banners in …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine was interviewed by CBC Radio about Indigenous connections to the Underground Railroad. The program aired on June 13. Read excerpts …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine presented as part of a national webinar to promote International Underground Railroad Month, May 19. The webinar was co-sponsored …
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer reappointed Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine to a four-year term on the Michigan Freedom Trail Commission, which preserves, protects and …
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 …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine co-presented the webinar, “Teaching the Underground Railroad,” with Oakland University Development and Educational Studies Instructor Carol Bacak-Egbo, Sept. 23. …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine gave the talk, “A Slave Couple Crosses Lake Erie, 1820,” as part of a webinar Freedom Seekers Traveling the …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine participated in a panel for the webinar, “The Fluid Frontier Revisited: The Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland,” …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine was interviewed on Travel Michigan about the upcoming Michigan Underground Railroad Heritage Gathering, airing on state radio stations, Aug. …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine was interviewed on the “Underground Railroad in Missouri” by the National Park Service’s Slave Stampedes Project, based at Dickinson …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine presented at national webinar, informing and mobilizing efforts to designate September as International Underground Railroad Month. The event was …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine published the article, “Teaching the Underground Railroad,” on michiganology.org, the digital arm of the Michigan History Center. Read the …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine published the op-ed, “The Erasure of Slavery at Sullivan’s Island,” Feb. 10. Finkenbine gave the talk, “The Underground Railroad: …
Detroit Mercy celebrates Black History Month throughout February with a variety of events and engagements that are free and open to everyone. Monday, Feb. 3 …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine led a workshop Underground Railroad for volunteers at the Michigan History Center in Lansing, Nov, 15. Finkenbine was also …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine was a keynote speaker at the 2nd annual Michigan Underground Railroad Heritage Gathering in Lansing, Oct. 26. Finkenbine spoke …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine presented the paper, “Intersecting Migrations: Freedom Seekers, Native Americans, and the Underground Railroad in Eastern Wisconsin,” at the annual …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine gave the talk, “The Underground Railroad: The View from Western Ohio,” to Emerson Employees Coming Together, a corporate group …
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 …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine gave the talk, “Fugitive Slaves in Indian Country,” at Freedom Movement Pt. 2, a symposium on the Underground Railroad, …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine’s article, “The Forgotten History of the Native Americans Who Helped the Underground Railroad,” was published online by Time, Sept. …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine presented the case study, “Crossing Michigan, Crossing Boundaries: Lessons Learned from Odawa Oral Tradition,” at the National Park Service …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine presented the paper, “Native Americans and the Underground Railroad: Evidence from the Midwest,” at the Midwestern History Conference in …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine was part of a panel, “Working for Freedom: The Often-Ignored Labors of the Underground Railroad and New Directions for Understanding,” at …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine gave a talk on “The Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland” at the Baldwin House Senior Living Community in Birmingham, …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine published the op-ed, “What Popular Histories Often Get Wrong about the Underground Railroad,” in the History News Network, Feb. 3.
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine chaired and served as the opening plenary speaker at the Michigan Underground Railroad Heritage Gathering, Oct. 27. This event …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine gave a talk on “The Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland,” at a symposium on “Freedom Movement: Detroit’s …
