Outside the Washington Heights branch of the Public Library in Manhattan stands a metal post topped with an unassuming blue ...
Plus, new public programming, an exhibition that explores center's legacy, a Centennial Festival and even a special-edition NYPL library card.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has its roots in the Harlem Renaissance, one of the richest cultural ...
The Schomburg Center is celebrating its 100th anniversary while preserving more than 11 million items in the archive.
Catherine Latimer (NYPL’s first Black librarian), Miss Lipscomb, Lawrence Reddick, and Roberta Thompson at the 135th Street Library ... The following year, the branch acquired Schomburg ...
the first Black woman hired by the New York Public Library, started the research institute together 100 years ago with their team during the Harlem Renaissance, turning the 135th Street branch ...
the first Black woman hired by the New York Public Library, started the research institute together 100 years ago with their team during the Harlem Renaissance, turning the 135th Street branch ...
Beauford Delaney was born in Knoxville in 1901. The Delaney Museum at Beck is set to open later this year and will honor the ...