Continuing our celebration of Black History Month, MA by Research student Jonathan Burton discusses the intriguing and mysterious case of Yasuke, reputed to have been … Read more
Tag: Black History Month
Black History Month: George Arthur Roberts
In the latest instalment of our Black History Month celebrations, Dr Ellena Matthews, who recently completed a PhD in the School of History, looks back … Read more
Black History Month: Phillis Wheatley
Continuing the School of History’s celebration of Black History Month, PhD student Megan King writes today about the remarkable career and contribution of the poet … Read more
The South African Native Labour Contingent on the Western Front, 1916-1918
For the latest instalment in our commemoration of Black History Month, our Head of School, Prof. Mark Connelly draws attention to an incident from the … Read more
Celebrating Black History Month: Stuart Hall
It’s Black History Month. Who do you particularly want to see celebrated from the pantheon of black figures who have shaped history? Here is one … Read more
What date would you add to the celebration of Black History Month?
As 2019’s Black History Month comes to an end, historians at Kent have been thinking about what dates could be added to those which are … Read more