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They Did It For The Culture: Children's Books of Black Cultural Icons Who...
Author of the blog post, at the Parkchester LibraryIt’s February! The winter weather is bone-chilling, people are contemplating heartwarming gifts to give their loved ones on Valentine’s Day, and it is...
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Teaching American History With NYPL Digital Collections: Childhood in America
A 7-Year-Old Cotton Picker, 1924, NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: 1235231.Everything has a history, even (or, especially!) the most personal and seemingly timeless parts of our lives. Teaching...
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New Orleans: A City Whose Truth is Stranger (and Better) than Fiction
New Orleans Mardi Gras, 1915 via Wikimedia CommonsNew Orleans is a vibe. A mood. Close your eyes and you are transported via its sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and storied mythology. A fully unique...
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Dear Oscar Micheaux
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, New York Public Library. (ca. 1940s). Portrait of Oscar Micheaux, Oscar Micheaux CollectionDear Oscar,It’s been months...
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The Woodson Project Booklist
This blog post is part of the Woodson Project—a series of events, posts, and book lists on subjects including empowering Black families, amplifying Black voices, exploring Black identity and...
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African American Women Writers of the 19th Century: Digital Project Gets a...
African American women writers have been an inspiration to this world by bravely sharing their stories, struggles, and triumphs. To acknowledge and honor Black women writers of the nineteenth century...
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The Fight Continues: Schomburg Archival Collections to Explore for Pride Month
June is LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and a great opportunity to explore archival collections documenting the lives of LGBTQIA+ individuals. NYC Pride’s theme this year, The Fight Continues, "reflects the...
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The Schomburg Curriculum Project
This blog post is part of the #SchomburgSyllabus series edited by Zakiya Collier, Digital Archivist, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division. The #SchomburgSyllabus project archives...
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