Creator:   Brigid Cahalan

Date:   January 9, 2009

description:   They are all topics of programs or workshops for adults coming up at various New York Public Library locations over the next few months! Leg warmers will be knitted at the Chatham Square Library in Chinatown. Wakefield Library in the north Bronx will host a useful series of free food preparation workshops by Cornell University Cooperative Extension Program. St. George Library

title:   What do leg warmers, healthy food preparation, wrestling, and Obama’s inauguration have in common? | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Howard Dodson

Date:   April 7, 2009

description:   The New York Public Library, especially the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, joins millions of Americans in honoring the pioneering, purposeful, immensely productive life of Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915–2009). The preeminent scholar of the African American experience, he was a leading authority on Southern American history, a distinguished educator, and an

title:   John Hope Franklin | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Howard Dodson

Date:   July 7, 2009

Creator:   Lynda Kennedy

Date:   February 1, 2010

description:   Toussaint Louverture, about 1795 (NYPL Digital Gallery)Use the resources of NYPL to engage your students with the rich and complex history of African Americans.

title:   Using NYPL resources to enrich your African American History studies | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   September 26, 2011

description:   In 1831, Omar ibn Said, a Senegalese trader and Qur'anic teacher enslaved in North Carolina, wrote his autobiography in Arabic. It is the only known surviving slave narrative written in that language in the Americas. On October 13, at 6pm at the Schomburg Center, Yale Professor Ala Alryyes will present A Muslim American Slave: The Life of Omar Ibn Said, which features a new

title:   The Autobiography in Arabic of a Senegalese Enslaved in North Carolina | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   October 27, 2011

description:   I had not slept for 34 hours. After a bad flight and two long bus trips, I was hiking, ecstatic, in a muddy mine. I touched the walls from top to bottom. Perhaps “he” had put his hands there too. I was walking in the steps of Galanga, renamed Francisco, and known as Chico Rei (King Chico). Story -or legend-has it that 270 years ago, Chico Rei, believed to have been a ruler in

title:   Gold, Freedom, Faith, and Baroque in Brazil | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Ann-Marie Nicholson

Date:   November 7, 2011

description:   “The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely X-ray society’s weaknesses, its ills, its perils. He or she must be actively involved shaping its present and its future.” Nigerian environmentalist, author, and television producer Ken Saro-Wiwa lived and died by the words above. Born on October 10, 1941, Kenule “Ken” Beeson Saro Wiwa was

title:   Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   November 17, 2011

description:   On November 16, Nikky Finney received the 2011 National Book Award in Poetry for her book Head Off & Split. Political, sensual, historical, imaginative, Finney’s poems speak of struggle, beauty, love, and race with passion and tenderness. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, where she has been teaching for several years, congratulates her on her wonderful

title:   Nikky Finney Wins National Book Award in Poetry | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   November 22, 2011

description:   ferdinandreus on flickrThe capture last week of Saif al-Islam Qaddafi who, disguised as a Tuareg, was trying to flee to Niger — where one of his brothers and some high-ranking officials have found refuge — has turned a spotlight on a country few people have heard of. “Niger? You mean Nigeria?” No Niger, the largest country in West Africa. “The country of the Nigerians?” No,

title:   Sannu Niger! | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   December 6, 2011

description:   Few people in the West have heard international superstar Akon's new hit. But tens of millions throughout the rest of the world have been dancing to Chammak Challo for weeks. Why? Because the catchy tune is the musical centerpiece of the latest Bollywood sci-fi blockbuster Ra. One, whose (super) hero is no other than Shahrukh Khan, the most popular actor in the (rest of) the

title:   Bollywood and Africa: A Love Story | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   March 7, 2012

description:   July 31, 1761: The French ship l'Utile, illegally transporting 160 Africans from Madagascar to Ile de France (Mauritius), approaches Sand Island. Because the captain worries about a potential revolt, he orders the hatches to be nailed shut. In the night, the ship runs into a reef and capsizes. What follows is, arguably, the most extraordinary story of survival ever documented.

title:   Survivors: Sand Island | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   April 2, 2012

description:   April is National Poetry Month, and I promised myself to read a poem a day. Some poets of the black experience immediately came to mind: Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Claude McKay, Sonia Sanchez, Audrey Lorde, to name a few. But then I decided to venture unto new territory and immerse myself into recent works. I selected four great poets — and distinguished scholars

title:   A Poem A Day | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Ann-Marie Nicholson

Date:   April 24, 2012

description:   As a young girl growing up in Jamaica — and later in Brooklyn, NY — I often heard the poetry of Louise Bennett (Jamaicans affectionately call her "Miss Lou") permeate the air. One of my earliest recollections of Miss Lou’s lyricism was hearing the term mout amassi (big mouth). The term comes from the title of one of her most popular poems about a young lady, Liza, who loves to

title:   Reclaiming My West Indian Roots, with Poetry | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   October 4, 2012

description:   Digital Schomburg's online exhibitions on various aspects of the black experience have truly become a global phenomenon. They are attracting visitors from all over the world. From Argentina to Zimbabwe and Montenegro and the Maldives in between. What do they know that perhaps you don't? In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience remains the most visited curated

title:   Clicks to the Black World | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Christopher Moore

Date:   December 4, 2012

description:   As Hollywood films about the passage of the 13th Amendment go, Lincoln is certainly the best one ever made! There really aren't any others. I saw it with my sons, sixth and 12th graders in Brooklyn public schools. They loved the film and saw it as an exciting movie about American history. Would they recommend it to other kids, I asked. "Yes," they agreed, "Lincoln is a movie

title:   Lincoln: The Untold Story | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Christopher Moore

Date:   December 21, 2012

description:   Genealogical Ties That Bind. African Burial Ground Map OverlayWe met at the Chambers Street IRT subway station — Lynn Jencks, descendant of an early Dutch family, and me, descendant of Lenape, Dutch and Africans. About 400 years ago, Dutch and enslaved Africans arrived into the ancient Algonquian wilderness that became New York City. Lynn, who lives in Illinois, had never been

title:   Manhattan Woman and 20,000 Slaves | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Christopher Moore

Date:   January 8, 2013

description:   Angelic stranger, Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) grants freedom to hapless Texas slave Django (Jamie Foxx). Schultz, a kindly German dentist-turned-bounty hunter, provides Django with employment, trusting friendship and his first handgun. Django is reborn as a slave-turned-bounty hunter, becoming a vengeful black American superman on a dangerous and deadly mission to free

title:   Django Unchained: Lorraine Hansberry Unbridled | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   March 11, 2013

description:   Generals, commanders, admirals, prime ministers, and rulers, East Africans greatly distinguished themselves in India. They wrote a story unparalleled in the rest of the world — that of enslaved Africans attaining the pinnacle of military and political authority not only in a foreign country but also on another continent. Come discover their extraordinary story in a

title:   Africans in India: From Slaves to Generals and Rulers | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   May 2, 2013

description:   May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. What better time to discover or learn more about Afro-Asians? As our groundbreaking exhibition Africans in India shows, some became navy commanders, army generals, and founders of dynasties. In Ahmedabad, in the Indian state of Gujarat, they left an impressive architectural legacy. Today, some Sidis live there in a small compound

title:   Asia's Africans | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Ann-Marie Nicholson

Date:   June 3, 2013

description:   "If we had said 'Negro power' nobody would get scared. Everybody would support it. If we said power for colored people, everybody would be for that, but it is the word 'black' that bothers people in this country, and that's their problem, not mine." —Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) at UC Berkeley, 1966 Stokely Carmichael by Lynn B. PadweBlack Rio Scene by Almir VeigaJames

title:   Música Soul: The Soundtrack of the Black Power Movement in Brazil | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   October 13, 2013

description:   This week, 1.5 billion Muslims will celebrate Eid-al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, or Tabaski as it is known in West Africa. Very few among them will have a thought for the hundreds of thousands of enslaved West Africans who, during almost four centuries, practiced Islam in the Americas. Although they left significant marks of their faith, cultures, and traditions, the

title:   The Americas' First Muslims | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Christopher Moore

Date:   December 5, 2013

description:   Pearl Street Native/Indigenous AIR is a Native American and ancient colloquialism for music and voice, as heard upon the earth. Musicians and singers performed at festivals at sacred places like Pearl Street, where shells mounded for centuries, in Lenape tradition, to honor and "give thanks" for the sun, moon, stars, rain, wind and all elements of the air. New Amsterdam. ca.

title:   ON THE AIR: Music Landmarks in NYC - Yankee Doodle to Jay-Z | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   December 6, 2013

description:   I learned of Nelson Mandela’s passing while waiting for my delayed flight at Atlanta Airport. I thought how much his painful and extraordinary life had exposed the terrible danger that faced those who fought for the rights, the dignity and the freedom of people of African origin or descent. That despairing reality was made all the more vivid because I was coming back to New

title:   My Mandela Moments | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Christopher Moore

Date:   December 18, 2013

description:   Frederick August Kittle Jr. loved libraries. That's a point clearly made in How I Learned What I Learned, August Wilson's autobiographical play at the Signature Center, directed by Todd Kreidler, starring Ruben Santiago Hudson. Freddie Kittle Jr. preferred libraries to Pittsburgh schools which were not an easy way for him to learn. He also loved his mother, Daisy Wilson, and

title:   August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   January 31, 2014

description:   We’ll know in one month if Steve McQueen’s film gets an Oscar. But one thing is sure: the heretofore largely unfamiliar Solomon Northup has become a household name.

title:   12 Years a Slave. What About 15 Years in a Cave? | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Christopher Moore

Date:   March 3, 2014

description:   The Lorraine Hansberry Collection at the Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture is a remarkably thorough record of family, personal, and professional papers, letters, manuscripts and photographs documenting her entire life as an artist and activist.

title:   Lorraine Hansberry: Dreamer Supreme | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Ann-Marie Nicholson

Date:   April 18, 2014

description:   Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of Nas’s debut album, Illmatic. On Wednesday, I had the privilege to attend the opening of the Tribeca Film Festival to watch my friend and former colleague Erik Parker’s documentary, Time Is Illmatic. Parker’s film examines Nas’s groundbreaking album because it symbolizes the shift of hip-hop’s nerve center and lyrics in 1994.

title:   A Trip Down Memory Lane: The Lasting Influence of Illmatic | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Christopher Moore

Date:   August 5, 2014

description:   “All musical instruments are drums,” says Chad Boseman, convincingly portraying James Brown. Words were drums, too, to “The Godfather Of Soul.”

title:   Get On Up: Review Of The James Brown Movie | The New York Public Library

Creator:   NYPL Staff

Date:   August 6, 2014

description:   In May 1964, two months before The Civil Rights Act (outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin) became law, noted conductor Benjamin Steinberg formed a committee of 13 musicians, 12 of whom were African American, with the intention of forming a new integrated orchestra called the Symphony of the New World (SNW).

title:   Symphony of the New World: 50th Anniversary of a Pioneering Organization | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   October 17, 2014

description:   The Schomburg Center's exhibition Africans in India: A Rediscovery recently opened in New Delhi, India's capital, against a backdrop of racist attacks against Africans. The contrast between the African experience of yesterday and that of today could not have been greater and the exhibition could not have come at a more appropriate time.

title:   Africans in India: Then and Now | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Christopher Moore

Date:   October 21, 2014

description:   American music is largely influenced by African American music, so concluded eminent musicologists just before the 20th century.

title:   Song and Dance: The Power Of Black Music | The New York Public Library

Creator:   K Menick

Date:   December 11, 2014

description:   The Schomburg Center's collection of WPA artwork is now available on the NYPL's Digital Collections site.

title:   Schomburg Treasures: WPA Artwork | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   December 15, 2014

description:   On December 9, ambassadors, UN dignitaries, students, and others, gathered in the Langston Hughes atrium for a pre-event to Human Rights Day and to the official takeoff of the International Decade for People of African Descent, both happening the following day.

title:   A Decade for People of African Descent | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Serena Torres

Date:   January 26, 2015

description:   The artifacts component consists of a Presidential Medal of Freedom, Head Competition Racquet, lapel pins, buttons, jewelry, medals, badges, trophy, awards, flags, and other miscellaneous items that illustrate the life and career of Arthur Ashe from the 1960s through the early 1990s.

title:   Artifacts From the Arthur Ashe Archive | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   February 3, 2015

description:   On February 9, 2015, the Schomburg Center will launch its search for the perfect t-shirt design that captures the essence of the institution. The winning design will be printed on t-shirts and other merchandise and sold in the Schomburg Shop!

title:   Calling All Artists: Design Schomburg's Future! | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Lauren Lampasone, Stavros Niarchos

Date:   February 5, 2015

description:   The Schomburg Wikipedia Edit-a-thon will give patrons the tools to edit the popular online encyclopedia, with the goal of making black life more visible within its pages. If you can't attend in person there are still ways that you can participate wherever you are.

title:   Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: How You Can Help | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Tracy O'Neill

Date:   February 6, 2015

description:   As we begin Black History Month, The New York Public Library Podcast welcomes the great American playwright and poet Ntozake Shange, creator of the Obie-Award-winning play “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf.”

title:   Podcast #47: Ntozake Shange on Inspiration and Harlem | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   February 19, 2015

description:   Alexis De Veaux talks to us about Carole Byard's "Rent Series," a collection of artwork inspired by old rent receipts her late father kept in his lifelong efforts to provide housing for their family.

title:   Learn More About Artist Carole Byard's "Rent Series" | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Tracy O'Neill

Date:   February 20, 2015

description:   Charles Blow speaks with Schomburg Center director Khalil Muhammad about his middle name, how he was nearly baptized twice, and his unexpected childhood hero.

title:   Podcast #49: Charles Blow on His Unexpected Childhood Hero | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Rhony Dostaly, Barbara Goldsmith

Date:   February 24, 2015

description:   Back in 1986 Panasonic thought they had the competitive answer to Sony's Betacam SP format. Their product was smaller, lighter and poised to take over the electronic news gathering (ENG) market. The plan must have looked great on paper, but the MII format was a disaster.

title:   Preserving the Visual Past: Panasonic MII | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   February 24, 2015

description:   The National Medal for Museum and Library Service is the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in recognition of exceptional service to the community and for making a difference in the lives of individuals, families, and communities. We are excited to announce that the Schomburg Center for Research in Black

title:   The Schomburg Center is a Finalist for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service! | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Steven G. Fullwood, Candice Frederick

Date:   February 26, 2015

description:   Curator Steven G. Fullwood discusses the importance of handwritten letters, an intimate component of our newest exhibition, Curators' Choice: Black Life Matters.

title:   Black Life Matters Feature of the Week: Epistolary Lives | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Shola Lynch, Candice Frederick

Date:   March 5, 2015

description:   This week's feature is provided by Shola Lynch, Curator of our Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division. Here she discusses the importance of archival video and audio materials to black history.

title:   Black Life Matters Feature of the Week: Evidence of Things Un*Seen | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Ladi'Shasha Jones

Date:   March 6, 2015

description:   Artist Titus Kaphar and The Jerome Project makes those impacted by our criminal justice system visible and human rather than statistics of mass incarceration and criminalization.

title:   An Interview With Titus Kaphar | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Mary Yearwood, Candice Frederick

Date:   March 13, 2015

description:   In today's feature of the week, Mary Yearwood, our in-house Curator of the Photographs and Prints Division, discusses the brilliance of renowned shutterbug Richard Saunders, and how he inspired her contribution to the exhibition.

title:   Black Life Matters Feature of the Week: A Bit Of Life | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Tammi Lawson, Candice Frederick

Date:   March 16, 2015

description:   Today's Exhibition Feature of the Week comes from Tammi Lawson, our in-house Curator of the Art and Artifacts Division. She shares what inspired her to include the impactful artwork you see in our latest exhibition, Curators' Choice: Black Life Matters.

title:   Black Life Matters Feature of the Week: Digging in the Vault | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Maira Liriano, Candice Frederick

Date:   March 23, 2015

description:   In our final exhibition feature, Maira Liriano, Curator of our Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, discusses the importance of diverse literature, especially for young readers of color.

title:   Black Life Matters Feature of the Week: Telling the Stories of the Black Experience to Children | The New York Public Library

Creator:   K Menick

Date:   March 24, 2015

description:   The full text of the Schomburg Center's collection of The Green Book is now available on NYPL's Digital Collections site.

title:   Schomburg Treasures: The Green Book | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   March 27, 2015

description:   The Director of the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture shares her keynote address to the UN General Assembly on Women and Slavery.

title:   Remembering the Women of Slavery | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   April 1, 2015

description:   Looking for something great to read? The Schomburg Gift Shop has got you covered.

title:   Top Sellers at the Schomburg Gift Shop | The New York Public Library

Creator:   K Menick

Date:   April 10, 2015

description:   The Schomburg Center's menu collection is now available in the NYPL's Digital Collections.

title:   Schomburg Treasures: The Menu Collection | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   April 14, 2015

description:   Great news: James McGrath Morris's new biography on journalist Ethel Payne, Eye on the Struggle, is now available in the Schomburg Gift Shop!

title:   New Biography on Journalist Ethel Payne Available at the Schomburg Gift Shop | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   April 21, 2015

description:   We are excited to announce that the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will receive the National Medal for Museum and Library Service at a celebration in Washington, D.C., in May! The Schomburg Center is among ten recipients of the National Medal, the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries, in recognition of service to the community and for making a

title:   Schomburg Center To Receive Prestigious National Medal for Museum and Library Service | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   April 30, 2015

description:   The Schomburg Center's Public Programs Pre-Professional, Jamara Wakefield, shares what inspires her as a spoken word artist in honor of April's National Poetry Month.

title:   Celebrating Our Voices During National Poetry Month | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   May 1, 2015

description:   Farrah Lopez, the Schomburg Center's Communications Pre-Professional, spoke to Steven Fullwood, Assistant Curator for our Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, about his “Epistolary Lives” collection in our current exhibition, Curators’ Choice: Black Life Matters, and his latest book, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, Black Gay Genius.

title:   Interview with Steven Fullwood, Curator and Co-Editor of "Black Gay Genius" | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   May 15, 2015

description:   Tune in at 11 am on Monday, May 18 to watch the Schomburg Center receive the National Medal for Museum and Library Service.

title:   Watch Live: The Schomburg Center Receives the Prestigious National Medal for Museum and Library Service | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   June 2, 2015

description:   Erika Paul, Pre-Professional at the Schomburg Center's Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, shares how a recent visit from a renowned cartoonist Mauricio Pestana helped her discover our vast collections of Afro-Latino research materials.

title:   Mauricio Pestana and Afro-Latino Gems at the Schomburg Center | The New York Public Library

Creator:   K Menick

Date:   June 10, 2015

description:   The StoryCorps Black LGBTQ Archive is now available at the Schomburg Center.

title:   Schomburg Treasures: The StoryCorps Black LGBTQ Archive | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   June 26, 2015

description:   Farrah Lopez, our Communications Pre-professional, shares how our 75-year-old American Negro Theatre helped shape the career of the iconic Harry Belafonte.

title:   How the American Negro Theatre Shaped the Career of the Iconic Harry Belafonte | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   June 29, 2015

description:   On June 27, a plaque marking the site of New York City's main 18th-century slave market was unveiled in Lower Manhattan by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

title:   New York City's Slave Market | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   July 7, 2015

description:   Our former pre-professional, Farrah Lopez, pays tribute to American Negro Theatre alum Ruby Dee as we celebrate its 75th anniversary.

title:   Remembering Ruby Dee, Celebrating the American Negro Theatre | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   July 23, 2015

description:   In September 1945, our American Negro Theatre (ANT) became the first theatrical company to present a radio program. Titled "New World A-Coming," the series aired Sunday afternoons for 30 minutes and was designed "to promote the universality of scripts, characters and performing talent."

title:   The American Negro Theatre's Groundbreaking Radio Program, "New World A-Coming" | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   August 25, 2015

description:   The Shop continues to support the #BlackLivesMatter movement by celebrating prolific and emerging voices in black literature.

title:   National Bestsellers at the Schomburg Gift Shop | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   September 8, 2015

description:   Harlem-raised Canada Lee, who the New York Times once called “the greatest Negro actor of his day” has been almost totally forgotten in recent history. Lee began acting when his friend suggested he do a reading, and soon found himself protecting a young maverick director named Orson Welles, with whom he formed a lifelong friendship.

title:   Canada Lee: Actor, Trailblazer, Activist | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Gwen Glazer

Date:   September 28, 2015

description:   Lewis Carroll’s creative masterpiece turns 150 this fall, and NYPL is celebrating with a major exhibition—and, of course, with book recommendations.

title:   Down the Rabbit Hole | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   September 29, 2015

description:   As we launch our brand new exhibition, Unveiling Visions: The Alchemy of the Black Imagination, scholar and artist Tiffany E. Barber reflects on the influence of Afrofuturism and the inspiration of the show's fantastic duo: Curators John Jennings and Reynaldo Anderson.

title:   Art, Futurism, and the Black Imagination | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   September 29, 2015

description:   In honor of our new exhibition, Black Suburbia: From Levittown to Ferguson, we explore segregation in one of the most popular suburban neighborhoods in the U.S.—Hempstead, New York.

title:   Hempstead, Segregation and Black Suburbia | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   October 6, 2015

description:   To say that the Schomburg Center's 90th Anniversary Gala was magical would be an understatement. Echoing one attendee's reaction, "It was enchanting."

title:   The Schomburg's 90th Anniversary Gala Marks a Magical Moment in its History | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   February 2, 2015

description:   Subscribe now to hear our visiting scholars share their knowledge and passions.

title:   Listen Up! Podcasts from the Schomburg Center | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Maira Liriano

Date:   October 23, 2015

description:   "Folks who are not familiar with black literature, read this book and read a ton of other books." The following are all the books recommended by Ta-Nehisi Coates during his mesmerizing talk at the Schomburg Center.

title:   Ta-Nehisi Coates's Reading List | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   November 12, 2015

description:   Hill continues to be lauded for his capital investment in the development of "Harlem's Little Library Theatre," as well as his cultivation of the black genre of American theater.

title:   Honoring the Legacy of Abram Hill, Co-Founder of the American Negro Theatre | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   November 30, 2015

description:   Our newest archivists, Tiana Taliep and Alexsandra Mitchell, tell us what it’s like to research and preserve some of the finest materials across the African Diaspora, and their journey to the Schomburg Center.

title:   Meet the Schomburg's Newest Archivists! | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Carolyn Broomhead

Date:   December 14, 2015

description:   The Library's Mellon Director leads the Library's four research centers and their 460 staff members—the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street; the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; the Science, Industry and Business Library; and the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.

title:   The Library's New Mellon Director | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Tracy O'Neill

Date:   December 15, 2015

description:   Timbaland is a producer, rapper, songwriter, and now, an author.

title:   Podcast #91: Timbaland on Mantronix, Reinvention, and Kids | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   December 17, 2015

description:   Erika Paul, Pre-Professional in our Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, reflects on the significance of Civil Rights pioneer Claudette Colvin through a new display—sixty years after her courageous yet understated act.

title:   Telling Claudette Colvin's Important Civil Rights Story | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   December 21, 2015

description:   Schomburg Communications Pre-Professional Alicia Perez recently uncovered holiday treasures from our ample collections. Here, she shares a few of her favorites.

title:   Celebrate the Holidays With the Schomburg | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   January 7, 2016

description:   From memoirs, to science fiction, and beautiful photo collections, take home a copy of each from the Schomburg Gift Shop before they sell out!

title:   2015 Schomburg Bestsellers List | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   January 14, 2016

description:   Katherine Ellington, a New York City medical humanities scholar and researcher, discusses the work and legacy of legendary artist Augusta Savage.

title:   Black Women Artists: Augusta Savage | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   January 14, 2016

description:   Schomburg Communications Pre-Professional Alicia Perez looks back on the life and career of the late Natalie Cole, who was laid to rest on Monday in Los Angeles.

title:   A Tribute to Singer Natalie Cole | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   January 22, 2016

description:   Tammi Lawson, Assistant Curator of our Art and Artifacts Divisions shares some of the Schomburg's newest gems.

title:   New Acquisitions in the Schomburg’s Art and Artifacts Division | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   January 25, 2016

description:   Another African Burial Ground was officially “discovered” in New York City a few days ago. If this is news to most, it is not to preservationists, historians, and archivists who have been aware of the existence of the cemetery for years.

title:   The Harlem Burial Ground | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   February 1, 2016

description:   "I have a voice. My voice is powerful. My voice can change the world." Listen to 15 audio conversations from the Schomburg Center's extended family.

title:   Presenting... The Schomburg Mixtape | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Sylviane Diouf

Date:   February 5, 2016

description:   The Black Power movement turns fifty this year. Two new digital exhibitions explore the multiform and ideologically diverse movement that deeply shaped black consciousness and identity and left an immense legacy that continues to inform the contemporary American landscape.

title:   Black Power! | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Alexsandra Mitchell

Date:   February 5, 2016

description:   Today’s letter features correspondence between Arturo Alfonso Schomburg and Langston Hughes. In the excerpt below, Schomburg speaks with Hughes regarding acquisitions for The Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints—the forerunner to today’s Schomburg Center.

title:   Live from the Reading Room: Arturo Schomburg to Langston Hughes | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Alexsandra Mitchell

Date:   February 12, 2016

description:   Today’s episode features a memorable love note from leading Harlem Renaissance painter, illustrator, and graphic artist Aaron Douglas to his wife and life partner Alta Sawyer Douglas, an esteemed educator and Harlemite.

title:   Live from the Reading Room: Aaron Douglas to Alta Sawyer Douglas | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Alexsandra Mitchell

Date:   February 19, 2016

description:   A love letter from musician and composer Nathan Woodard to his wife and creative collaborator Alice Childress.

title:   Live from the Reading Room: Nathan Woodard to Alice Childress | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Arlene Yu

Date:   February 22, 2016

description:   Florence Mills was famed for her birdlike voice as well as her spontaneous dancing during her numbers. She was one of the most popular entertainers of the early 1920s in New York, London, and Paris, and yet, perhaps because she died at age 32, her fame has not survived.

title:   100 Years (Or So) Ago in Dance: Florence Mills | The New York Public Library

Creator:   A.J. Muhammad

Date:   February 26, 2016

description:   The 2015-2016 Broadway theater season is being hailed as one of the most diverse on record. Is this slate of shows featuring African Americans on Broadway unprecedented? Let’s look take a look back into American theater history to approximately 70 years ago.

title:   African Americans on Broadway Then and Now | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Alexsandra Mitchell

Date:   February 29, 2016

description:   Today’s episode features a love letter from Trinidadian social theorist, historian and political activist C.L.R. James (1901-1989) to his wife and confidant the actress, model, writer and activist Constance Webb (1918-2005).

title:   Live from the Reading Room: C.L.R. James to Constance Webb | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Alexsandra Mitchell

Date:   March 10, 2016

description:   Today’s episode features a note from Harlem Renaissance writer Nella Larsen to an unidentified friend—“Eddie”—regarding a social gathering preceding the wedding of Yolande Du Bois and Countee Cullen.

title:   Live From the Reading Room: Nella Larsen to 'Eddie' | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Jennifer Elsie Boone

Date:   March 18, 2016

description:   This year, our series features performances from great artists such as Shelley Nicole, Mal Devisa, Alicia Hall Moran, Camille A. Brown, Bernice Reagon Johnson, and many others.

title:   Women's History Month: Celebrating Black Women in Jazz at the Schomburg | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Alexsandra Mitchell

Date:   March 28, 2016

description:   Live from the Reading Room: Correspondence is a podcast series that aims to share interesting and engaging letters written by or to key historical figures from the African Diaspora.

title:   Live From the Reading Room: Josephine Baker to Sumio Matasuo | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   March 28, 2016

description:   Steven G. Fullwood, Associate Curator of Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, interviews our current cohort of Pre-Professionals about their experiences.

title:   The Schomburg Center Pre-Professionals Reflect on Their Experiences | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Jennifer Elsie Boone

Date:   April 6, 2016

description:   Novelist, essayist, playwright, activist, son, brother, friend, lover, man, human, Black. There are many words of which to describe a person, but never enough to describe James Baldwin.

title:   James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Alexsandra Mitchell

Date:   April 11, 2016

description:   Today’s episode features a letter from Jamaican-American Harlem renaissance era poet and writer Claude McKay to NAACP leader and civil rights activist, Walter White.

title:   Live From the Reading Room: Claude McKay to Walter White | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   April 11, 2016

description:   Alicia Perez, Communications Pre-Professional at the Schomburg Center, reflects on the lasting influence of activist Paul Robeson on his birthday.

title:   Remembering Activist Paul Robeson | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Candice Frederick

Date:   April 22, 2016

description:   He registered nearly 60 patents—ranging from the development of the telephone to the multiplex telegraph.

title:   Granville T. Woods: An Early STEM Pioneer | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Alexsandra Mitchell

Date:   April 22, 2016

description:   Today’s episode features a letter from writer, anthropologist, and folklorist, Zora Neale Hurston to her friend, “Bill.”

title:   Live From the Reading Room: Zora Neale Hurston to 'Bill' | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Maira Liriano

Date:   April 28, 2016

description:   A list of primary sources at the heart of Ghetto, The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea, by Dr. Mitchell Duneier

title:   Scholarship Behind "Ghetto, The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea" | The New York Public Library

Creator:   Jennifer Elsie Boone

Date:   April 29, 2016

description:   One of the greatest benefits that a celebrity has is a platform to speak out against the injustices of society. Comedian, social activist, writer, and entrepreneur, Dick Gregory, born Gregory Richard Claxton, can be noted as doing this over the course of his life.

title:   The Legacy of Dick Gregory | The New York Public Library