Andrews started as a librarian at NYPL’s 135th Street branch during the Harlem Renaissance and created a place for community gathering, exploration and learning, also carving out space for ...

Neighbors and friends, shocked at the passing of civil rights icon Hazel Dukes, 92, recalled her as a trailblazer but also as ...

started the research institute together 100 years ago with their team during the Harlem Renaissance, turning the 135th Street branch into the global resource it is today, with staff painstakingly ...

Harlem Hospital announced a book drive in collaboration with Harlem Arts Alliance (HAA) and Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC).

What we know as the Schomburg Center began at the New York Public Library’s 135th St. branch. As Harlem grew, a growing population of Black residents sought books and cultural material that ...

The Harlem-based organization ... and Prints at NYPL’s 135th Street branch (which became the Schomburg Center in 1972). That was followed by the May 1926 purchase of the private collection ...