Committed to serving the emotional, cultural and intellectual needs of Black boys through Saturday seminars, engaging programs, and research travel.
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In two weeks! Join us for The Next Century of Black Studies Conference on Monday, 11/16–Wed, 11/18, at 10 AM. It is in-person and online. #SchomburgCenter #Harlem #Freeevents
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London was Britain's second slave-trading port, after Liverpool. 3,136 slaving voyages sailed from London to African shores from where British slave ships transported 834,617 African captives to the Americas. Source: Slave Voyages slavevoyages.org/
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These instruments are called ocarinas. They imitate the sounds of different animals at the Machu Picchu Museum in Cusco, Peru.
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68 years ago today, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' "Moanin'" was recorded.
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António I of Kongo was beheaded at the Battle of Mbwila on this day in 1665 after leading his kingdom into war against Portugal to resist its attempts to seize Kongo’s mineral wealth.
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The father of modern African historiography is Kenneth onwuka Dike (1917- 1983) a Nigerian historian and educator he challenged Eurocentric narrative about Africa he founded the university of Ibadan school of history wich produced many African scholars.
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Registration is open! Sign up to attend our in-person and virtual conference, The Next Century of Black Studies. It will take place Monday, 11/16–Wednesday, 11/18, starting at 10 AM. #SchomburgCenter #Harlem #FreeEvent
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ALT Graphic for The Next Century of Black Studies conference, in-person and online, November 16-18, 2026. The words are in orange and white lettering: Registration Open (orange); The Next Century of Black Studies, In Person & Online Conference (white), November 16-18, 2026 (orange). Schomburg Center 100th anniversary logo is on the lower left-hand corner.
The Baton Foundation retweeted
Mon, 11/16–Wed, 11/18: Join us to explore the frontiers of Black Studies, elevate neglected narratives, and consider the ethical, legal, and political challenges of the field. Registration opens 10/13 at 12 PM. #SchomburgCenter
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ALT A Save the Dates graphic discussing The Next Century of Black Studies conference, in-person and online, November 16-18, 2026. It consists of an archival photo with a dark tinted. There is type in white and orange-brown lettering. The Schomburg Center's 100th anniversary logo is in the lower left corner. Digital Collections Image ID: 1228870
The Baton Foundation retweeted
Earn up to $1,500 toward your education! 🎓
Applications are open for the Walter W. Sessoms Scholarship for eligible AUC students and AUC Woodruff Library employees enrolled in higher education.
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Tomorrow, 9/3 | 6:30 PM | Online: Our @SchomburgCBFS season begins with an online discussion about Black women and biographical writing with authors Ashley D. Farmer, Alison M. Parker, Susana M. Morris, and Elizabeth Todd-Breland. #SchomburgCenter ow.ly/RJIc50ZImYo
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Tuesday, 9/15 | 6:30 PM | #SchomburgCenter: Join us for a book launch about the Black architect who designed our Main Building and Langston Hughes Wing! Brian D. Goldstein will discuss his book, Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People’s Architect.
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The African diaspora is alive and well.
This is Cartagena, Colombia.
This is culture! 🇨🇴
Wepppaaaa!!
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Nina Simone performing "Revolution" at the Harlem Cultural Festival, August 17, 1969.
Six weekends in Mount Morris Park, 300,000 people, and nobody saw the footage for fifty years, until Summer of Soul.
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Fall semester is in full swing and the AUC Woodruff Library is here for you.🍂📚
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James Baldwin, groundbreaking Harlem-born writer and activist, was born #OTD in 1924.
Baldwin had a personal connection to two New York Public Library locations: the 135th Street branch (today the @SchomburgCenter) and the landmark 42nd Street library. The former helped shape his young intellectual mind—the latter was an important refuge in his teenage years.
In 2024, to celebrate Baldwin’s centennial, the Library mounted corresponding exhibitions in both of these buildings: 'JIMMY! God’s Black Revolutionary Mouth' at the Schomburg Center and 'James Baldwin: Mountain to Fire,' a special display within the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures at 42nd Street.
Listen to the audio guide for 'James Baldwin: Mountain to Fire,' hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: on.nypl.org/4fOCCSc
📷 James Baldwin in Paris, Leslie Schenk, ca. 1949. James Baldwin Photograph Collection, Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. @nyplresearch
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On this day in 1875, educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist and civil rights activist, Mary Jane McLeod, was born.
In 1904, with $1.50 and faith in a living God, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune established the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls, now known as Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was a educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist and civil rights activist.
She was known as "The First Lady of The Struggle" because of her commitment to gain better lives for African Americans.
CAREER & ACTIVISM:
Bethune founded the National Council for Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal and resided as president or leader for myriad African American women's organizations including
She is well known for starting a private school for African-American students in Daytona Beach, Florida; it later continued to develop as Bethune-Cookman University.
Bethune was the sole African American woman officially a part of the US delegation that created the United Nations charter.
For her lifetime of activism, she was deemed "acknowledged First Lady of Negro America" by Ebony magazine in July 1949 and was known by the Black Press as the "Female Booker T. Washington".
May 18, 1955: In Daytona Beach, FL, Mary Jane McLeod died of a heart attack. She was 79.
