Keith A. Mayes is an associate professor at the College of Liberal Arts,

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in the department of African American & African Studies, where he is director of undergraduate studies.

Family and education

Mayes earned a PhD in history from

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in 2002.

Early career

At the University of Minnesota, Mayes worked on

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and developing new classes. He specialized in African American history since 1960, and in social and political movements. Mayes was a guest on

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in 2018, after the killing of Philando Castile. He spoke on ''

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'' in 2021, after the conviction in the

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, and again in 2021, discussing debate on teaching race in American schools.

Awards

* Horace T. Morse-University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, 2018

Publications

Journals * * Books * * *

Notes

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