Feed Your Mind & Nourish Your Soul on Earth Day
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
April 14, 2021
Earth Day, which promotes protecting the environment, is on April 22. The day can also be a starting point on discussions such as climate change, environmental racism, agriculture, and more. Zakiya Collier, digital archivist in our Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, and Michael Mery, acting curator of our Photographs and Prints Division, share digital resources to help spark those conversations.
Recommended by the Schomburg Center: Public Programs
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
April 6, 2021
Novella Ford, associate director of Public Programs and Exhibitions, share her picks of Livestream talks to watch.
Recommended by the Schomburg Center
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
April 6, 2021
The Schomburg Center has over 1,100 digitized collections and 300 Livestream programs online. Curators, librarians, and staff share their picks of materials to explore.
Recommended by the Schomburg Center: Art & Artifacts
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
April 6, 2021
Tammi Lawson, curator of the Art & Artifacts Division, shares her pick of a Schomburg Center digital collection to explore.
Recommended by the Schomburg Center: Education
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
April 6, 2021
Dr. Brian Jones, associate director of Schomburg Educational Programs, shares his suggestions for compelling education content including projects by the Junior Scholars and Teen Curators programs.
Recommended by the Schomburg Center: Research and Reference Division
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
April 6, 2021
Staff of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research Research and Reference Division suggest some highlights of the collections to explore.
Recommended by the Schomburg Center: Lapidus Center
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
April 6, 2021
Dr. Michelle Commander shares her picks of Schomburg Center digital collections and Livestream conversations to explore.
Recommended By The Schomburg Center: Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
April 6, 2021
Cheryl Beredo, curator of the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, and Digital Archivist Zakiya Collier share their picks of digital collections to explore.
Recommended By the Schomburg Center: Photographs & Prints
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
April 6, 2021
Michael Mery, acting curator of the Photographs and Prints Division, shares his picks of digital collections to explore.
NYPL’s Catherine Allen Latimer: The First Black Librarian at NYPL, Helped Create the Schomburg Center
by NYPL Staff
March 15, 2021
Beyond her work cultivating collections, Latimer showed that a librarian’s work could be far-reaching and not defined by one role.
Doc Chat Episode Sixteen: Teaching the #Syllabus
by Julie Golia, Curator of History, Social Sciences, and Government Information, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
March 9, 2021
In this episode, the Schomburg Center's Zakiya Collier and Dr. Yarimar Bonilla of Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center explored Schomburg's #Syllabi web archive collection and the Puerto Rico Syllabus, and discussed erasure and underrepresentation in academia, digital protest, and ways of deploying Hashtag Syllabi in the classroom.
Black Women Writers in Arturo Schomburg’s Collection
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
March 4, 2021
In celebration of Women's History month, learn about some of the books featuring Black women writers in Arturo Schomburg's Collection. Digital replicas are available to read via the HathiTrust Digital Library.
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century: Digital Project Gets a New Life
by Serena Torres, Librarian II/Processing Archivist, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
March 1, 2021
The Schomburg Center is excited to announce a new project which brings together digitized books by 38 African American women writers of the nineteenth century, biographies for each writer, and a list of online resources that will lead to further discovery and advanced knowledge of these incredible authors.
Arturo Schomburg Featured in Jeopardy! Answer
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
February 17, 2021
This past November, Arturo Schomburg popped up in an answer on the popular TV game show.
Schomburg Curator Releases Two Books in One Month
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
February 5, 2021
'Unsung' and 'Avidly Reads: Passages,' edited and written by Dr. Michelle Commander, respectively, will be released this month. Find out how Dr. Commander juggled both projects simultaneously, plus co-curated a reading list with Penguin Classics.
Cultural Passport: 44 Books Featuring Black Athletes
by Troy Belle, JBH Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
January 20, 2021
There is no shortage of stories of how Black athletes have electrified the world and captivated fans with their personalities, skill, talent, philanthropy and calls for social justice. The collection of books below features Black athletes from a wide range of sports including tennis, football, basketball, boxing, track and field, baseball, auto racing, gymnastics, golf, soccer, horse racing, and cricket.
A Digital Glimpse Into Arturo Schomburg’s Collections
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
January 20, 2021
Explore the HathiTrust Digital Library, NYPL, and the Schomburg Center’s digital collections to read copies of the books similar to ones in Mr. Schomburg’s collection.
A Look at the Ella Baker Initiative & Intergenerational Activism
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
January 7, 2021
Zenzele Johnson, manager of the Ella Baker Initiative at the Schomburg Center, discusses the project and its mission to inspire civic engagement in the tradition of its namesake. Plus, Johnson talks about a family tradition she unwittingly continued during the 2020 election.
Protests, Prose, Photos, & Continued Progress
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
December 29, 2020
The year 2020 brought renewed attention to the fight for racial justice and equality. Explore the Schomburg Center’s digital collections, guides, and reading recommendations for a deeper understanding of the history, literature, and culture of the Black experience.
Understanding Robert Douglass’s Reshaping of Visual Narrative About Black People in 19th Century America from a Multiliteracies Perspective
by Rebecca Bayeck, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Curation for African American and African Studies, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
December 4, 2020
The work of artist and activist Robert Douglas Jr. served two purposes: reclaiming Black identity among Black people, while countering popular narratives about Blacks in the collective minds of Americans.
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