Kelly D. Mezurek | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ohio, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of humanities, Walsh University |
| Known for | Author of For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops; recipient of the Nau Civil War Fellowship, University of Virginia (2019) |
Kelly D. Mezurek (born 1961) is a professor of humanities at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio whose research and writing has focused on nineteenth-century American History. A leading expert on the military service of African Americans during the American Civil War,[1] she is the author of the book, For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops, which was published by The Kent State University Press in 2016.[2][3][4]
A finalist for the Ohioana Book Award for nonfiction in 2017, she was awarded the Nau Civil War Fellowship at the University of Virginia in 2019.[5][6]
- ^ Anderson, Javonte. “Remembering the United States Colored Troops who helped win the Civil War.” McLean, Virginia: USA Today, May 31, 2021.
- ^ Fletcher, Marvin. 2019. “For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops By Kelly D. Mezurek,” in Indiana Magazine of History, vol. 113, no. 2, pp. 163-65.
- ^ Fisher, Richard. “The Civil War, Ohioans, and U.S. Colored Troops.” Delaware, Ohio: Delaware County Historical Society, February 8, 2023.
- ^ “Black Men in Blue program to be presented in Shreve by Walsh University history professor.” Wooster, Ohio: The Daily Record, April 9, 2024.
- ^ “Kelly Mezurek.” North Canton, Ohio: Walsh University, retrieved online May 13, 2024.
- ^ “Past Nau Civil War Center Library Fellows,” in “Fellowships.” Charlottesville, Virginia: Nau Center for Civil War History, University of Virginia, retrieved online May 13, 2024.
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