In person Event | May 17, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. CST
On Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 1:00 pm, the Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group will host its monthly program and meeting. This month, we delve into the life, work, and legacy of a lesser-known Kansas City historical figure, C.H.J. Taylor. Although C.H.J. Taylor was an influential journalist and political organizer during the 1890s, he has been mostly forgotten by historians. To date, there have been only two scholarly studies on his career: a scholarly article from the 1980s and a recent book-length study. The latter will be the focus of this presentation entitled, “From National Prominence to Historical Obscurity: The Story of Kansas City-Based C.H.J. Taylor”, which will consider possible reasons for Taylor’s lesser-known recognition.
Our guest speaker for the day will be Dr. Ian Munro, Emeritus Professor at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO, where he taught English and Humanities. He has also taught at Wuhan University in China, Abdullahi Bayero Kano University in Nigeria, and as a Fulbright Fellow, at Ibnou Zohr University in Morocco. Dr. Munro is a graduate of the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Munro’s primary areas of teaching and research have been African, African American, and Afro-Caribbean literature and history.
Please join us!
