Posts by A.J. Muhammad

June is Black Music Month and we begin our celebration with Prince whose boundary-pushing music provided the soundtrack to the lives of so many.

Whether you're looking to conduct research or learn more about his life and impact through a book or streamed discussion, the Library has a wealth of resources about Malcolm X.

Interested in locating periodicals from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and don’t know where to begin or how to start your search?

Both were prolific dramatists who used their craft to portray the contours, complexity and tensions of the lives of people in the African diaspora.

The recent, 50th anniversary of Black Solidarity Day on November 4 provides an opportunity to reflect on the day's origins using resources available at the New York Public Library and, specifically, at the Schomburg Center for Research and Black Culture.

We look at the contributions of this award-winning African American poet, activist, educator, and mentor, who's also an ambassador for the NYPL Schomburg Society.

During the Black Theatre Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, New York City saw an emergence of theater companies led by artists of African descent. One influential group became the laboratory for hundreds of playwrights and the launching pad for some of America's most notable actors.

For the first time in a generation, the current theater season in New York City is offering a smorgasbord of productions by theater artists from the African diaspora. The African American Theater Research Guide is intended to be a resource for those interested in digging into an illuminating trove of materials at the Schomburg Center, by and about African American theater makers.

The Schomburg Center's new guide serves as an excellent starting point for anyone studying or researching Black feminism and features notable figures from the Black feminist movement including Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, and others.

The history and rich tradition of Black-owned bookstores in the United States are now highlighted in a new research guide, dating back to the first Black-owned bookstore in 1834.

She was once called "The Dietitian to the Stars." Read about this African American trailblazer in the fields of nutrition and health.

This past fall marked the 80th anniversary of the publication of Zora Neale Hurston’s iconic novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. In honor of the novel, a display titled Our Eyes Are On Zora is on display in the Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture.

As Get Out was recently released, what better time than now to unpack the many layers and images in the film with NYPL’s resources: some of which are available at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and others may be found at NYPL’s research and branch libraries.

On February 27, 2017, Model Behavior, a program featuring a talk between, Pat Cleveland and Coco Mitchell, two legendary African American models, was held at the Schomburg Center. The conversation, moderated by author and fashion industry expert Constance C.R. White, was held in conjunction with FIT’s exhibit Black Fashion Designers that runs through May 16, 2017.

This past fall, the world lost two influential African American women writers: Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor and Gloria Naylor.

The NAACP Papers—an archival collection of approximately two million historical documents from NAACP national, legal and branch offices—are now available online to researchers onsite at the Schomburg Center, and NYPL's other research and branch libraries, as well as remotely.

It is too soon to tell if the next Broadway season will boast the same number of projects that star Asian-Americans, Latinos, African-Americans, deaf and disabled artists that it did this year, but it looks promising. Here’s a look at upcoming projects that are scheduled to open soon.

Celebrate Countee Cullen’s birthday on Tuesday, May 31 at the Countee Cullen Library and the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division of the Schomburg Center.

Shaun Neblett, aka MC SNEB, is a playwright, educator, and founder of Changing Perceptions Theater.