Keith Mayes

Keith A. Mayes is an associate professor at the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota Twin Cities in the department of African American & African Studies, where he is director of undergraduate studies. ^[1]

Family and education

Mayes earned a PhD in history from Princeton University in 2002. ^[2]

Early career

At the University of Minnesota, Mayes worked on curricula ^[3] and developing new classes. ^[1] He specialized in African American history since 1960, and in social and political movements. ^[2]

Mayes was a guest on C-SPAN in 2018, after the killing of Philando Castile. ^[4] He spoke on Meet the Press in 2021, after the conviction in the murder of George Floyd, ^[5] and again in 2021, discussing debate on teaching race in American schools. ^[6]

Awards

• Horace T. Morse-University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, 2018 ^[1]

Publications

Journals

• Mayes, Keith A. (Winter 2006). "Countervailing Forces in African-American Civic Activism 1973-1994 by Frederick C. Harris". Political Science Quarterly . 121 (4). Academy of Political Science: 720–721. doi: 10.1002/j.1538-165X.2006.tb01564.x .
• Mayes, Keith A. (2010). "Review of Richard Iton, In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era". Political Science Quarterly . 125 (1). Academy of Political Science: 158–60. doi:10.1002/j.1538-165X.2010.tb01990.x.

Books

• Mayes, Keith A. (2009). Civil Rights and Black Power: The Struggle for Black Equality in the United States, 1945-1975. Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-99129-2.
• Mayes, Keith A. (2009). Kwanzaa: Black Power and the Making of the African-American Black Holiday Tradition. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-0-415-99854-3.
• Mayes, Keith A. (2023). The Unteachables: Disability Rights and the Invention of Black Special Education. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN   978-1-4529-6474-4.

Notes

1. "Congratulations, Keith Mayes!". Alumni Association. University of Minnesota. 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
2. "Keith Mayes". University of Minnesota . Retrieved June 18, 2023.
3. Mayes, Keith. "Black Men: Representations and Reality" (PDF). Minneapolis Public Schools . Retrieved June 18, 2023.
4. Keith Mayes on Race Relations in Minnesota. Washington Journal . C-SPAN. August 12, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
5. Meet the Press. NBC Universal. April 25, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
6. 'We begin by telling the truth": Full Johnson & Mayes Interview. Meet the Press . NBC Universal. December 23, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2023.