• United States and the American South
• African-American Studies
• African Studies

Office: Hiemenga Hall 470
Telephone: (616)526-6186
email: rjelks@calvin.edu

Ph.D.: Michigan State University

Bio (15.9k pdf)

Books

• African Americans in the Furniture City

Prof. Jelks's book recently received a State History Award in the University and Commercial Press category.Read an article regarding this award.

Articles

• Martin Luther King's True Legacy: Revolutionary Ideals on NHS
• The Unmaking of Liberia: How and Why the Grand Experiment Failed
• Book review of Blessed Are the Peacemakers by S. Jonathan Bass

Other articles available by logging on to Detroit Free Press.

Recommended Sites

• African Studies Program