Plus, new public programming, an exhibition that explores center's legacy, a Centennial Festival and even a special-edition NYPL library card.

It's never too early to teach youngsters about the rich history and cultural legacy honored during Black History Month and ...

Dr Arturo Schomburg, another great intellectual and ... by the Zulu warriors is something to be emulated by the Zulu royal family as it navigates the tempestuous tide of royal succession.

The Schomburg Center is celebrating its 100th anniversary while preserving more than 11 million items in the archive.

History of the Schomburg Center Namesake Arturo Schomburg and Catherine Latimer, the first Black woman hired by the New York Public Library, started the research institute together 100 years ago ...

Namesake Arturo Schomburg and Catherine Latimer, the first Black woman hired by the New York Public Library, started the research institute together 100 years ago with their team during the Harlem ...

The center's namesake, Arturo Schomburg, dedicated his life to collecting physical proof of Black achievement, to prove wrong a schoolteacher in his hometown of San Juan, Puerto Rico, who told him ...

Catherine Latimer (NYPL’s first Black librarian), Miss Lipscomb, Lawrence Reddick, and Roberta Thompson at the 135th Street Library in 1945 Named in 1940 after Arturo Schomburg, a Puerto Rican ...