Tag: Schomburg
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1932
1932 was an amazing year in Harlem: Arthur Schomburg was appointed curator of the ‘Negro Division’ of NYPL at the 135th Street Branch (managing the priceless material he donated to NYPL that documented the life and achievements of the Black diaspora The renowned sculptor Agusta Savage opened The Savage Studio of Arts and Crafts (you…
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119th And Lexington
There is a wonderful view of Lexington Avenue looking north from 119th Street on sale on Ebay: Click HERE to see the listing. The 8″ x 10″ glass negative has a huge amount of detail. Just look at the top image of how the sign for 119th Street wraps around the streetlight so the street…
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Photoville on St. Nicholas Ave.
Photoville – the annual photography show in NYC – has photographic banners up in St. Nicholas Park, visible from St. Nicholas Avenue at 133rd Street. The show presents visiting cards – mass produced photographs of Black Americans in elegant clothing. These 19th century photos show a Black middle-class that had fought to uplift themselves and…
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Summer of Soul Redux?
Summer Of Soul (… Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), the Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson-directed film that won the Oscar and the Grammy for documenting 1969’s now-famed Harlem Cultural Festival, has inspired a reboot of the landmark music event. Ambassador Digital Magazine editor-in-chief Musa Jackson, who attended the 1969 event and appeared in Summer of Soul,…
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Caribbean New Yorkers
The largest wave of immigrants from the Caribbean came to Harlem during the Harlem renaissance. Indeed, many of the greatest artists, luminaries, and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance were Caribbean-born. Claude McKay, Marcus Garvey, and Arturo Schomburg. Almost a quarter of Harlem’s Black population was foreign-born in the 1920s. Earlier, however, in 1880, the distribution…
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Traveling While Black
Make sure to visit the Schomburg Library before the end of the year to see the fantastic exhibit “Traveling While Black”. The Director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Kevin Young notes: Since the start of their experience in the Americas, Black people have been defined by travel, displacement, and resistance. Whether in the…
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Harlem Libraries
I thought it might be interesting to look at Harlem Libraries from a data perspective. Here is the data on which of the Harlem branches have the most holdings: Keen readers will, however, wonder if the size of holdings is somehow related to the nearby population. To do this, the population within 3/4 of a…
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Aaron Douglas
The esteemed Harlem Renaissance painter Aaron Douglas has two of his amazing works up at the Whitney Museum. These large 5′ square works are signature examples of his mature style – one that you might recognize if you visit the Schomburg which owns a number of his pieces. To learn more about Aaron Douglas, see:…
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CB11 Full Board Meeting
Tonight CB11 will have a full board meeting and discuss budget priorities. Harlem Neighborhood Block Association is asking for two things to be highlighted in the budgetary report including: We are requesting a City Council analysis of the distribution of addiction programs throughout the five boroughs, with a mandate to recommend how the rebalancing of…
