Standing firm in power and pride
Join the Templeman Library in celebrating 2025’s Black History Month.
Check out our resources list, featuring 120 books, films, websites, and classic and modern fiction and non-fiction, from all over the world which explore what it means to be Black both historically and in the world today.
The theme this year is ‘standing firm in power and pride’ and we have added a whole new exciting section on this for you to check out.
Some of these books are available to borrow from the Templeman or the Drill Hall Libraries and will be on display throughout October.
If ebooks and audio books are more your bag then you can choose from our curated selection for Black History month via Libby
Visit our Caribbean & African literature
To celebrate this month, we want to highlight the profound contributions to literature from Africa and the Caribbean in our Language & Literature Hub. This complements our wider Black History Month Display in the Welcome Hall. Read more about it here Celebrating Caribbean & African Literature – Student News
Get involved!
Is a book missing? Students and staff members have the option to submit a reading suggestion via the ‘Recommend a Book’ form.
Share your views on what you are reading with #unikentbookclub #BHMKent2025 on Instagram Facebook.
We believe that black history past and present should be represented in our collections all year round so if you have other resources you would like to share please feel free to post in the comments below, so that we can look to enrich and broaden collections and resources.