The book Degrees of Equality: Abolitionist Colleges and the Politics of Race, written by Assistant Professor of History John Bell, has been awarded the Linda Eisenmann Prize from the History of Education Society. The prize is given biennially to a book by a first-time author that makes an outstandi...
Fanny Jackson Coppin, Oberlin College’s second Black female graduate and its first Black instructor, was a lifelong educator and activist. John Frederick Bell, Ph.D., assistant professor of history, will deliver a virtual lecture on Coppin’s life and legacy entitled, “Teaching While Black: The...
By Joel Rosario ’24 Carl Robert Keyes, Ph.D., professor in and chair of the Department of History at Assumption, actively seeks to share how slavery impacted enslaved men, women, and children in the 18th century through his Adverts 250 Project. His recent lecture on the topic, which was spo...
Professor Carl Robert Keyes, Ph.D., was featured on WDET’s “Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson,” an NPR-affiliated current events program. Prof. Keyes, associate professor of history and director of the Women’s Studies Program at Assumption, discussed the history of newspaper advertisement...
