Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, Black Bibliophile & Collector: A BiographyWayne State University Press, 1989 - 262 pagina's A biography of the pioneering collector whose work laid the foundation for the study of black history and culture. This is the first full biography of the pioneering black collector whose detective work laid the foundation for the study of black history and culture. Born in Puerto Rico in 1874, Arthur Alfonso Schomburg came to New York militantly active in Caribbean revolutionary struggles. He searched out the hidden records of the black experience and built a collection of books, manuscripts, and art that had few rivals. Today it forms the core of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for research in Black Culture, one of the leading collections in the field. |
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Contents | 1 |
Arthur Schomburg and the Research Societies | 39 |
Arthur Schomburg Collector | 73 |
Arthur Schomburg and the Harlem Renaissance | 103 |
The Library Harlems Cultural Center | 131 |
Arthur Schomburg at Fisk University | 149 |
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