Inside The Schomburg Centennial Festival: Harlem Celebrates A Mecca Of Black History And Culture

Inside The Schomburg Centennial Festival: Harlem Celebrates A Mecca Of Black History And Culture

By Najha Zigbi-Johnson ·Updated June 19, 2025 One hundred years ago, the Afro-Puerto Rican bibliophile and archivist Arturo Schomburg donated his personal collection to the Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints at the 135th Street branch of the New York Public Library in Harlem. That gift became the foundation for one of the most important repositories of Black history and culture in the world: The Schomburg Center for Research in Bla…

From Jazz to Justice: The Harlem Renaissance’s Cultural Earthquake - History Collection

In the early decades of the 20th century, Harlem transformed into a vibrant epicenter of Black creativity and ambition. An unprecedented wave of music, art, literature, and activism surged through its streets, igniting what would become known as the Harlem Renaissance. This wasn’t just a localized phenomenon—it was a cultural earthquake whose tremors reverberated across ...

One of the Largest Catalogs of Black History Turns 100 in New York

By Jaylen Green | Associated Press NEW YORK — It is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country — and its most devoted supporters say not enough people know about it. The Schomb…

The Schomburg Center’s Centennial Festivities Reassert Its Position as New York’s Repository of Evolving Black Culture

A new show gives the Schomburg Center's encyclopedic collection a future.