10/16/2026
SAVE THE DATE
You are cordially invited to the University of Detroit Mercy African American Studies Program reception & keynote lecture!
Join us as we honor alumni, share important news about the future, and enjoy a keynote lecture over food and drinks.οΏ½οΏ½
Distinguished Alumni Honorees
Kevin Boyle ('82 History) is the William Smith Mason Professor of American History at Northwestern University. His previous book, Arc of Justice, won the National Book Award for non-fiction and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Heβs also the author of The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism, 1948-1968 and co-author of Muddy Boots and Ragged Aprons. His essays and reviews have appeared in The Washington Post, the New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Chicago Tribune, the Detroit Free Press, and other newspapers and magazines.
Mary Helen Washington ('66 and '76 English) is a critic, essayist, anthologist, and English professor at the University of Maryland. Previously, she taught at the University of Massachusetts and was a Bunting Fellow at Harvard. She is the editor of numerous anthologies of black writing, including Black-Eyed Susans: Classic Stories by Black Women Writers; Midnight Birds: Stories of Contemporary Black Women Writers; Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women; and Memory of Kin: Stories of Family by Black Writers.
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