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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
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James Baldwin, author of Go Tell It on a Mountain and The Fire Next Time, is born (1924)
#todayinblackhistory
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Victor Hugo Green created the Green Book to help Black people travel safely in America. The Schomburg Center is home to the largest collection of Green Books, available to the public online or in person. Learn more:
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Birthday of Zora Neale Hurston, anthropologist, folklorist and novelist (plus Booker T. Washington proponent) (1891)
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This photo is from our Children collection. It includes images of African American youth from the 1900s to the mid-1990s.
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Birthday of Poetess Gwendolyn Brooks, first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize (1917)
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Birthday of African-American journalist and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells (1862)
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We honor the life of Chadwick Boseman, who starred in Black Panther and so many important films. He was also a treasured member of the
#SchomburgCenter
family, teaching theater to young people in our Junior Scholars Program.
#ThankYouChadwickBoseman
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“We were just human beings who saw a need to bring attention to the inequality in our country.”
– Tommie Smith
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Jane Matilda Bolin, first black graduate of Yale University Law School, is appointed as a judge in New York City, becoming the first black woman judge in the country (1939)
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Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman to be elected to Congress
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Thank you
@chadwickboseman
,
@letitiawright
+
@EAHarlem
! ✊🏾
#wakandaforever
🙅🏾♂️🙅🏾♀️
#BlackPanther
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Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, is born today in Monroe, Louisiana (1942)
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Playwright
#LorraineHansberry
(1930-1965) and civil rights activist
#MalcolmX
(1925-1965) were born
#onthisday
. Each used the power of their words to expand, enhance, and challenge the conversation on how we see ourselves and how the rest of the world sees us.
#SchomburgCenter
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Portrait of a Marriage, Onstage and at the Barricades: The archive of Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, now at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Read more via
@nytimes
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“I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I can not salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world.” - Jackie Robinson
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On November 5, 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman to be elected to Congress
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“The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me,” said Frederick Douglass in his 1852 speech What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
#SchomburgCenter
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Birthday of Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, first African-American woman to earn a PhD (1898)
#todayinblackhistory
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Langston Hughes is part of the spiritual center of the
#SchomburgCenter
. His ashes are interred beneath the Cosmogram in Langston Hughes Lobby and the words of his first published poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," adorn the lobby’s public art installation, Rivers.
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Birthday of African-American journalist and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells (1862)
#todayinblackhistory
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Birthday of Maxine Waters, the 2nd African-American woman elected to Congress to represent California (1938)
#todayinblackhistory
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Mary Eliza Mahoney graduates from the New England Hospital for Women and Children’s nursing program, becoming the first black professional nurse in the U.S. (1879)
#todayinblackhistory
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50 Years After Their Mug Shots, Portraits of Mississippi’s Freedom Riders
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#Congrats
to Professors Tiya Miles, Olivette Otele, and Joshua D. Rothman. All have been named as finalists for the 2022 Harriet Tubman Prize granted by the
#SchomburgCenter
’s Lapidus Center. The winner will be announced in Nov.
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Columbus invaded
#PuertoRico
in 1493. It became a Spanish colony following a war against the Taínos (native population) and used enslaved labor. Learn about our Puerto Rican Slave Documents collection & more materials on Puerto Rico.
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Birthday of Arturo Schomburg, bibliophile and founder of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (1874)
#todayinblackhistory
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Birthday of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the first African American pitcher in the American League (1906)
#todayinblackhistory
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Oh nothing, just spending the evening celebrating Maya Angelou with President Clinton and Secretary Hillary Clinton
#InspiringWomanPBS
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Attention all postdoctoral scholars, independent researchers, and creative writers! There are only a few days left to apply for short and long-term fellowships to our Scholars-in-Residence Program. The deadline is Thursday, 12/1.
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Hip, Hip, Hooray, Harlem’s Schomburg Acquires Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Archive
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Huey Newton and Bobby Seale found the Black Panther Party for Self-defense in Oakland, CA. (1966)
#todayinblackhistory
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Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers! Her book They Were Her Property won the 2020 Harriet Tubman Prize. The Lapidus Center located at the
#SchomburgCenter
honors the best nonfiction book published in the U.S. on slavery in the Atlantic World.
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Newly digitized! Explore the pamphlet “Why Reparations” by Mrs. Audley “Queen Mother” Moore. The document lays out Moore's powerful argument for economic and social justice.
#SchomburgCenter
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In recognition of
#WomensHistoryMonth
we want to acknowledge the talent of the artist and dancer Aida Overton, an African American performer during the 1910s.
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Rest in Power, Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin (1942 - 2018)
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#1619Project
copies are available free to the public while they last at the
@SchomburgCenter
courtesy of
@nytimes
and our friend
@nhannahjones
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The National Association of Colored Women is founded by Mary Church Terrell, Ida B. Wells and Frances Harper (1896)
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Birthday of American artist Hale A. Woodruff, best known for colorful murals his during the Harlem Renaissance (1900)
#todayinblackhistory
(The Mutiny on the Amistead,1939)
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Birthday of Alvin Ailey, dancer, choreographer, visionary and founder of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater.
#todayinblackhitory
(1931)
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Today, 12/18, 6:30 PM: In celebration of what would have been Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis’s 75th wedding anniversary, actors Leslie Odom, Jr., and Kara Young, will read from the archival collection of letters between this couple.
#SchomburgCenter
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"She was a phenomenal woman in every way."
@HillaryClinton
on Maya Angelou
#InspiringWomanPBS
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In 1940, Pauli Murray and her friend refused to sit in the back of a segregated bus in Richmond, Virgina - 15 years before the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. Join us as we delve deeper into "The Startling Life of Pauli Murray" on 9/18. Register
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This year is the 150th anniversary since Spain ended slavery in
#PuertoRico
in 1873. Through our collections, examine the island’s history from a former Spanish colony to U.S. territory.
#HispanicHeritageMonth
#LatinxHeritageMonth
#SchomburgCenter
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Explorer Matthew Henson receives a joint medal from congress as co-discoverer of the North Pole (1944)
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Birthday of African-American journalist and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells (1862)
#todayinblackhistory
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There is a long history of black athletes using their global platforms to bring attention to social justice issues
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U.S. Supreme Court rules against citizenship for African Americans with the Dred Scott decision (1857)
#todayinblackhistory
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Birthday of first African-American explorer to reach the North Pole, Matthew A. Henson (1866)
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett, journalist, anti-lynching activist, and founding member of the NAACP, dies in Chicago (1931)
#todayinblackhistory
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Birthday of Madam C.J. Walker, first female African-American millionaire (1867)
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We honor the legacy of Victor Hugo Green, his wife Alma Green and their team, who created and published The Green Books to help Black people travel safely throughout the country during segregation. Learn more
#GreenBook
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Violette Neatly Anderson becomes the first Black woman lawyer to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court (1926)
#todayinblackhistory
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Birthday of Dinah Washington, dubbed “Queen of the Blues” and the most popular black female recording artist of the 50s (1924)
#todayinblackhistory
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Birthday of Fannie Lou Hamer, founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (1917)
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The Photos That Lifted Up the Black Is Beautiful Movement
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The first electric traffic lights, invented by Garrett Morgan, are installed in Cleveland, OH (1914)
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#BlackPanther
fans! Join us this Friday for a special sneak preview of the film and conversation with Florence Kasumba. Get your ticket today 🙌🏾
#Blackcomicbookfestnyc
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During Nikki Giovanni’s 2017 conversation with journalist
@JoyAnnReid
, she shared a story about Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Today is Ms. Angelou's birthday.
#MayaAngelou
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The online application is open for our Scholars-in-Residence Program. It offers long-term and short-term fellowships. Postdoctoral scholars, independent researchers, and creative writers are eligible to apply. The deadline is Thurs.,12/1.
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Birthday of James Baldwin, author of Go Tell It On The Mountain, The Fire Next Time, and Another Country (1924)
#todayinblackhistory
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Tom Bradley becomes the first African-American mayor of Los Angeles (1973)
#todayinblackhistory
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Poet Langston Hughes was
#bornonthisday
. Check out this 2018
@nytimes
article which discusses a surprising new discovery about Hughes’ birth year.
#SchomburgCenter
#BOTD
#LangstonHughes
#HappyBirthday
#NYTimes
#LangstonHughes
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The first documented group of enslaved Africans transported to North America by the English arrive in Point Comfort, VA (1619)
#todayinblackhistory
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News of the Emancipation Proclamation reaches the South and Texas through General Gordon Granger (1865)
#todayinblackhistory
#juneteenth
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Former Black Panther Geronimo Pratt is released from prison after serving 27 years for a crime he didn’t commit (1997)
#todayinblackhistory
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Thursday, Sept. 14, at 6:30 PM: Join us for an evening of readings and conversation with Imani Perry, editor of a new posthumous collection of Ntozake Shange’s unpublished works.
#SchomburgCenter
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Birthday of Jack Johnson, first African American heavyweight boxing champion (1871)
#todayinblackhistory
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Birthday of renowned Nigerian poet, novelist and academic Chinua Achebe (1930)
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Mon, 12/18, at 6:30 PM: In celebration of what would have been Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis’s 75th wedding anniversary, actors Leslie Odom, Jr., and Kara Young, will read from the archival collection of letters between this couple.
#SchomburgCenter
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Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai learns she has won the Nobel Peace Prize (2004)
#todayinblackhistory
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Arturo A. Schomburg's collection included over 5,000 books, 3,000 manuscripts, and 2,000 etchings and paintings. They are the foundation of our archives, which has over 11 million items today.
#SchomburgCenter
#ArturoSchomburg
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Birthday of Sidney Poitier, first African-American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor (1927)
#todayinblackhistory
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Birthday of Blind Tom Bethune, pianist and composer, and the first African American to perform at the White House (1849)
#todayinblackhistory
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Birthday of Octavia Estelle Butler - African-American Science Fiction writer (1947)
#todayinblackhistory
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Birthday of legendary tennis player Althea Gibson (1927)
#todayinblackhistory
Register to access our Althea Gibson Portrait Collection at the Schomburg Center’s Photographs and Prints Division
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If you are a college senior interested in pursuing a PhD in African American, African or African Diasporan Studies, consider applying to the Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute. The deadline is March 15, 2021.
#SchomburgCenter
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Happy Kwanzaa! Dr. Maulana Karenga created the celebration in 1966. It begins Dec. 26 and runs through Jan. 1. Each day focuses on a different principle. Day one highlights Umoja, which means unity.
#SchomburgCenter
#Kwanzaa2020
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Congratulations to Dr. Tamara J. Walker who’s book “Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima” has been selected as the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery’s 2018 Harriet Tubman Book Prize winner.
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After Claudia Jones was tried & convicted of "un-American" activities during the McCarthy era, she was deported. In London she founded Britain's first major black newspaper the "West Indian Gazette." Learn more during our open house on 11/10.
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The Lapidus Center at the
#SchomburgCenter
is pleased to announce that Dr. Vincent Brown is the winner of the 2021 Harriet Tubman Prize for his book Tacky’s Revolt. The award honors the best nonfiction book published in the U.S. on the slave trade.
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#ArturoSchomburg
, whose birthday is today, 1/24, was the bibliophile whose collection of books and manuscripts became the cornerstone of the
#SchomburgCenter
’s collections. Learn where to read free digital copies of the books similar to the ones he owned.
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And here are a few photos of our special
#JamesBaldwin
display highlighting papers from our newly acquired collection
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Mary Church Terrell, educator, political activist, first president of the National Association of Colored Women, and one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree, born on September 23, 1863 in Memphis, Tennessee.
#todayinblackhistory
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NASA names first black astronauts: Maj. Frederick D. Gregory, Maj. Guion S. Bluford, and Dr. Ronald McNair (1978)
#todayinblackhistory
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