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 …
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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 …
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’s op-ed “What Will We Lose if the Anti-CRT Movement Wins?” was recently published by the History News …
Finkenbine to lead discussion at Native American History Month event, Nov. 16
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 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 gave a talk, entitled “Much Apu about Nothing: What Caused the Civil War,” to the Abraham …
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 …
McNichols Campus Library to feature banners celebrating International Underground Railroad Month
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 …
McNichols Campus Library, Black Abolitionist Archive to celebrate Constitution Day
The McNichols Campus Library and the Black Abolitionist Archive are celebrating Constitution Day with a display and the event, “Insurrection and the Constitution,” on Friday, …
Roy E. Finkenbine made a virtual presentation on The Indigenous Underground Railroad during the Buxton History and Genealogy Conference Sept. 3. The Ontario-based conference attracts …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine co-presented the webinar “To Freedom and Back: The Nelson Hackett Case and Its Legacy” on July 16. …
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.
History professor helps state honor Michigan’s Underground Railroad history
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 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 …
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: …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine spoke to Microsoft health care executives about the work of the Equal Justice Initiative, and related local efforts aimed …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine’s op-ed, “Does Truth Matter Less Than in 1974?” was published by History News Network, Dec. 22.
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 …
Students journey south to experience civil rights sites
For the third year in a row, a group of University of Detroit Mercy students studied the American civil rights movement and joined Professor of …
The online political magazine Slate gathered four leading scholars — including Detroit Mercy’s Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine — to discuss the recent congressional …