Department Co-Chair and Professor of History Roy Finkenbine gave a talk on “Erasing the History of Racial Violence: A Personal Example” to the Metro Detroit …
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 …
On Sept. 21, Professor of History and Department Co-Chair Roy E. Finkenbine presented the paper “The North Star and the Barber Pole: Black Barbers and the …
Professor of History and Department Co-chair Roy Finkenbine‘s essay “Caesar (November 1774)” was published online in Freedom Seekers: Stories of Black Liberation in the American …
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 “Uncomfortable Discoveries: Teaching Race and Slavery in America’s Past” as a keynote speaker for …
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 presented a webinar on “The Indigenous Underground Railroad: How First Nations Peoples Assisted Freedom Seekers in the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
