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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Archive-It Partner Since: Oct, 2017

Organization Type: Public Libraries & Local Governments

Organization URL: https://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg   

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The Web Archive Collections include websites, online audio and video, blogs, and other media, organized around specific topics, events, or movements, as well as the Schomburg Center’s own web pages. Collections are developed and curated around certain topics relating to the Schomburg Center and Black culture. Depending on collection guidelines and the nature of individual websites, websites may be archived at regularly scheduled intervals, such as semi-annual or quarterly. Development of the Schomburg Center’s web archiving program is made possible with generous support from Community Webs, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Internet Archive, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s generous support for the #SchomburgSyllabus project under the Scholarly Communications grant structure. The #SchomburgSyllabus project aims to document 21st century global Black life by continuing the development of the #Syllabus web archive collection and connecting today’s digital creations with the Schomburg Center’s historical collections. For more information visit: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/schomburg/webarchives Founded in 1925 and named a National Historic Landmark in 2017, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the world’s leading cultural institutions devoted to the preservation, research, interpretation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diasporan, and African experiences.

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10 Women in Jazz Who Never Got Their Due - The New York Times

Collection: COVID-19

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/arts/music/women-jazz-musicians.html

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Part black and part Native American, Carlisle was a pioneer in various ways, as Ms. Grantham pointed out.

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Mike Longo, Jazz Pianist, Composer and Educator, Dies at 83 - The New York Times

Collection: COVID-19

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/arts/music/mike-longo-dead-coronavirus.html

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Longo, who died of the coronavirus, also led a big band and promoted the work of other musicians .

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‘Please, I Don’t Have Insurance’: Businesses Plead With Protesters - The New York Times

Collection: COVID-19

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/minneapolis-protests-business-looting.html

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They have drawn in celebrity clients such as the musicians Migos and Justin Bieber and supplied clothing for the movie “Black Panther.”

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The Harlem Jazz Club Where the Spirit of Billie Holiday Lives On - The New York Times

Collection: Harlem Blogs

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/t-magazine/mintons-jazz-club-harlem-bebop.html

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The rich black -and-white images feel both fleeting and permanent, melancholy and in the moment, the way the music is.

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BENNY GOODMAN, KING OF SWING, IS DEAD - The New York Times

Collection: COVID-19

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/14/obituaries/benny-goodman-king-of-swing-is-dead.html

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Goodman was the first major music figure to put black and white musicians together on stage in the 1930's.

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Manu Dibango, Soulful Ambassador of African Music, Dies at 86 - The New York Times

Collection: COVID-19

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/arts/music/manu-dibango-dead-coronavirus.html

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In 1992 he recorded “Wakafrica,” an album of African hits with guest appearances by King Sunny Ade, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Salif Keita, Papa Wemba, N’dour, Ms. Kidjo and others.

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Samuel Hargress Jr., Owner of a Beloved Harlem Bar, Dies at 84 - The New York Times

Collection: COVID-19

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/nyregion/samuel-hargress-jr-dead-coronavirus.html

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“He was the elder black man who could give you the shortcut knowledge about the better choice,” Mr. Walker said. Mr.

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James Powers, Brooklyn Gallerist Who Nurtured Black Artists, Dies at 80 - The New York Times

Collection: COVID-19

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/obituaries/james-powers-dead-coronavirus.html

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Up and coming artists like Ronald Walton , Verna Hart and Lamerol Gatewood showed there, and their openings were invigorated by jazz music played by young musicians like Geri Allen (who died in 2017),

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YoungBoy Never Broke Again Arrested on Drug and Firearms Charges - The New York Times

Collection: COVID-19

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/arts/music/youngboy-never-broke-again-arrested.html

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YoungBoy, 20, who has had a rapid rise on the charts — and is one of the most popular musicians on YouTube — has been dogged for years by legal problems.

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Harlem’s French Renaissance - The New York Times

Collection: Harlem Blogs

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/travel/harlem-french-renaissance-new-york-city-restaurants-food.html

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Well before the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, African-American artists and musicians traveled to France to broaden their artistic vision or to escape the daily oppression of American racism.

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Geri Allen, Pianist Who Reconciled Jazz’s Far-Flung Styles, Dies at 60 - The New York Times

Collection: COVID-19

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/arts/music/geri-allen-dead-jazz.html

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Allen’s academic training and her upbringing in Detroit — a hotbed of black music of various styles — both helped guide her development.

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Miles Davis, Trumpeter, Dies; Jazz Genius, 65, Defined Cool - The New York Times

Collection: COVID-19

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/29/nyregion/miles-davis-trumpeter-dies-jazz-genius-65-defined-cool.html

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Davis, meanwhile, was turning from rock toward funk; in interviews at the time, he talked about reaching young black audiences.

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Billy Taylor, Jazz Pianist and Educator, Dies at 89 - The New York Times

Collection: Harlem Blogs

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/arts/music/30taylor.html

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He also helped bring jazz to predominantly black neighborhoods with Jazzmobile , an organization he founded in 1965 to present free outdoor concerts by nationally known musicians at street corners and

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Sterling Magee, Bluesman Known as ‘Satan,’ Dies at 84 - The New York Times

Collection: COVID-19

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/arts/music/sterling-magee-dead-coronavirus.html

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When Yusuf Hawkins , a Black teenager, was shot and killed in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, by a white gunman in 1989, Mr.

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Billy Taylor, Jazz Pianist and Educator, Dies at 89 - The New York Times

Collection: Harlem Blogs

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/arts/music/30taylor.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=harlem&st=cse

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He also helped bring jazz to predominantly black neighborhoods with Jazzmobile , an organization he founded in 1965 to present free outdoor concerts by nationally known musicians at street corners and

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From the Lindy Hop to Hip-Hop in One Improvising Body - The New York Times

Collection: Schomburg Press

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/arts/dance/LaTasha-Barnes-lindy-hop.html

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Barnes has assembled a multigenerational crew of Black dancers, experts in various styles, and is putting them in conversation with jazz musicians and a DJ.

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Max Roach, Master of Modern Jazz, Dies at 83 - The New York Times

Collection: Schomburg Press

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/arts/music/17roach.html

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“We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt that we’re master musicians of our instruments.

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