Been following this awesome Twitter account called Medievalpoc for a while now. The writer does amazing and important work identifying people of colour in European art history, especially during medieval times.
(Source: http://medievalpoc.tumblr.com/)
A lot of people have studied history and art and not been taught just how integrated the world was, and continues to be (do yourself a favour and look up the Silk Road). It’s a huge reason why when shows like ‘The Musketeers’ are produced and have people of colour as a main character, people come out of the woodwork to declare it ‘unrealistic’ or ‘inaccurate’. Truth is, we have the Victorian era to thank for erasing a lot of the multi-cultural eras that came before it, along with a lot of cherry-picking by historians who were more interested in finding ways to make the past fit their present.
Just so you know, ‘The Three Musketeers’–you know the book the series was based on–was written by a black man. Yes, Alexandre Dumas was black.
Anyway on both Twitter and Tumblr, Medievalpoc has been working hard to compile evidence from the art and documents of times long past showing that the world has always been, and will always be, inhabited in every corner by people of colour. It’s important work, and fascinating, and I’ve learned a lot.
Take a look for yourself and tell me you’re not surprised and amazed by how much you didn’t know.
Have fun, and stay thirsty, my friends!
R.S.A. Garcia 
Dumas was black? Now I didn’t know that. Love the Capt.’s expression, by the way 🙂
Yup. His father was from the Dominican Republic, and was the natural, mixed-race son of a Frenchman and a Afro-Caribbean slave.
The things you learn as you grow older…lol