Dr. Michael Benjamin

Courses Taught

• HIST 2111 United States History to 1877
• HIST 1100 Constitutional and Political History of Georgia and the United States
• HIST 2112 United States History from 1865
• HIST 3900 African American History to 1877
• HIST 3910 African American History from 1865

Academic Profile

• B. A. in Political Science – Lincoln University
• J. D. in Law – University of Pittsburgh
• M. A. in the History of the Book in America – Drew University
• M. Phil. in the Philosophy of History – Drew University
• Ph. D. in Modern History and Literature – Drew University

Research Interests

• General:  African American Cultural and Public History (1789 – 1915)
• Current Research and Publication Proposals:  Black Public Historians in Search of the Grail: The Origins and Meaning of Murray’s Historical and Biographical Encyclopedia of the Colored Race throughout the World

Publications

• “The Colored Author’s Collection: To Exhibit to the World and Educate a Race” in Education and the Culture of Print in Modern America, Wisconsin University Press, 2010
• “Globalizing a Race to Publish an Encyclopedia,” in American Nineteenth Century History, London, Routledge, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 2010, 79-94