Schomburg The Man Who Built a Library
by [Weatherford, Carole Boston]
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Description
Where is our historian to give us our side? Arturo asked.
Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk's life's passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. When Schomburg's collection became so big it began to overflow his house (and his wife threatened to mutiny), he turned to the New York Public Library, where he created and curated a collection that was the cornerstone of a new Negro Division. A century later, his groundbreaking collection, known as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, has become a beacon to scholars all over the world.
Product Details
- Candlewick Brand
- Aug 6, 2019 Pub Date:
- 9781536208979 ISBN-13:
- 1536208973 ISBN-10:
- 48.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 11.75 in * 0.17 in * 9.75 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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