Professor of History and Department co-chair Roy Finkenbine had an article, “When the First Freedom Seekers Came to Fort Wayne,” published in the Fall 2024 …
Professor of History and Department Co-Chair Roy Finkenbine presented a paper at the Midwestern History Conference on May 30 in Grand Rapids titled, “Strange Bedfellows: …
Professor of History and Department Co-Chair Roy E. Finkenbine gave a talk on “What Caused the Civil War?” to the Michigan Regimental Round Table at …
Professor of History and Department Co-Chair Roy E. Finkenbine gave a talk to the Metro Detroit Area Historians Collegium on “Strange Bedfellows: A Diverse Underground Railroad …
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 gave a talk, “William Swan and the Greensky Indians: A Civil War Story from Northern Michigan” …
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.
Professor of History and Department co-chair Roy Finkenbine was interviewed Oct. 12 on WDET’s “Detroit Today” with Stephen Henderson about Detroit’s Underground Railroad. Listen to the …
Professor of History and Department co-chair Roy Finkenbine gave a talk on “The Improvisational Nature of the Underground Railroad” at the sixth annual Michigan Underground …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine gave a talk on “Living in the Jim Crow South” Sept. 19 at the Livonia Public Library. …
The Black Abolitionist Archive, along with the Departments of History and Political Science and the McNichols Campus Library, invite Detroit Mercy students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members to join us for our annual Constitution Day event on Monday, Sept. 18, from 12-1:30 p.m.
Professor of History and Department Co-Chair Roy Finkenbine gave a talk on “‘I Buyed It with Myself’: Freedom Dreams and Reparations Claims in the Civil …
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.
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine presented on a webinar, “The Robert Cromwell Rescue, Federal Fugitive Slave Acts and their Legacy,” to attorneys …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine recently gave a talk, “The Strange Careers of Solomon Northup,” at the Northville District Library as one …
Detroit Mercy is commemorating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrating Black History Month with a series of programs on the McNichols Campus in January and February.
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine recently completed a Visiting Fellowship in AP African American Studies with the College Board. In this role, …
Professor of History and Department Co-Chair Roy E. Finkenbine gave a virtual talk Nov. 18 on “How Potawatomi Hospitality Explains the Experience of Two Freedom Seekers” …
Professor of History and Department Co-Chair Roy E. Finkenbine served as a guest editor for the Fall 2022 Michigan Historical Review, a special issue which …
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. …
To honor the Juneteenth holiday commemorating emancipation of enslaved African Americans, join the University as we remember those from our past who strived to create change, and support those who continue to push forward in the name of equality today.
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine was recently quoted in USA Today in an article titled, “A woman enslaved by a major Harvard …
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 …
On May 6, Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine gave a talk on “Native Americans and Freedom Seekers: A Hidden History” to …
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 …
In honor of Native American History Month, Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine is set to speak virtually on “An Odawa Oral Tradition …
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 …
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 gave two plenary talks as part of a virtual conference on “Nineteenth-Century America: Fiends, Fugitives, and Friends,” June 2, The …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine presented the paper, “William Swan among the Greensky Indians,” at the virtual Midwestern History Conference, May 26. The paper told …
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 …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine‘s op-ed, “Racist Zoombombing the Latest Application of Technology by White Supremacists,” was published by History News Network, Feb. 28.
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 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 was quoted in the Truthout op-ed, “Formerly Incarcerated People Should Be Compensated for Telling Their Stories,” May 17. The …
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 …
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 was interviewed on WDET about the Nancy and Sean Cotton Collection of American Art, 1850-1940 on exhibit at the …
