Fall 2018 Programs & Exhibitions by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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From the Director Fall 2018

Welcome to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and to our fall 2018 programs and exhibitions season. It’s shaping up to be a full and exciting set of occasions to experience the archives, from our annual Open House (p. 25) to our new book club. All are opportunities to connect readers, visitors, scholars, and students to our vast and growing collection of over 11 million items. This is also a chance to remember that the archive is alive. Take our recent acquisition of the never-before-seen manuscript of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, complete with extensive edits by Alex Haley and Malcolm X himself, along with an unpublished chapter and important fragments from this iconic book. This crucial cache not only adds to our current Malcolm X holdings, but also helps us further understand the ideas and evolution of our Black Shining Prince. Harlem’s own are coming home. Malcolm X’s papers join other recent archives here on 135th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, from James Baldwin to Ann Petry to Sonny Rollins (whose papers and recordings will soon be opened for research). All are part of our ongoing Home to Harlem initiative, including robust collections, conversations, events, and exhibitions—as well as a grant by that name from the Mellon Foundation that is already helping us study our founder Arturo Schomburg and the legacy of Black librarianship. The result is a continuing call and response with cultural luminaries past and present, centered around Harlem as the creative capital of Black culture. You’ll notice we’ve included a new section in the back of this catalog with a handy map, division hours and descriptions, and key points of interest in order to better serve our record numbers of visitors. You’ll still find our vibrant programming season, one in sync with the archives, comprising discussions on the iconic works of artist Charles White and authors like Baldwin and Lorraine

Hansberry; colorful and complex exhibitions; and new works featuring ascendant artists, authors, and fashion designers. Of special note is the creation of a series of Home to Harlem Talks (p. 9–10) and the launch of our much anticipated book club, the Schomburg Reading Circle (p. 12), with events held in partnership with the Countee Cullen Branch of The New York Public Library. More exciting changes are to come. Whether you visit us in person or online, please make yourself at home here, at your Schomburg Center.

Kevin Young Director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

01 01 Authors & Archives

04 06 Community Events

04 Between the Lines 06 Open Archive 06 Live from the Archive

24 Gallery Tour & Art Making Workshop 25 First Fridays 25 Open House

07 About Us 04

Arts, Ideas & People

09 Talks at the Schomburg 11 Performance

28 Map 29 Points of Interest 30 About the Schomburg Center

03 04 Education

HOW TO REGISTER

15 Youth Programs 16 Conversations in Black Freedom Studies 18 Professional Development

To register for our free events, please visit: schomburgcenter. eventbrite.com

05 04 Lapidus Center Presents

THERE’S MORE

20 Teaching Slavery

The featured calendar listings are highlights from our full program schedule. For the most complete and up-to-date information, please visit: schomburgcenter.org/calendar

05 06 Exhibitions

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Authors & Archives Darnell L. Moore & Charlene A. Carruthers Monday, September 10 6:30 PM Join us for a conversation with Darnell L. Moore and Charlene A. Carruthers, two dynamic leaders and organizers committed to intersectional liberation in movements for Black lives. Moore, author of his debut memoir No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free, and Carruthers, National Director of Black Youth Project 100 and author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, & Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements, will discuss their new works and personal journeys. A book signing will follow. Authors Darnell L. Moore (right) and Charlene A. Carruthers (top). Photos courtesy of the authors.

Presented as an official Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event.

BETWEEN THE LINES

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics Monday, October 15 6:30 PM Known as the “Colored Girls,” Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore are four of the most influential African American women in United States politics. As political strategists, organizers, CEOs, and more, they have made history and left an imprint on America’s political culture. Yet their stories, like those of so many African American women, are largely absent from the mainstream—until now. Join these remarkable women as they discuss their lives and political legacies, captured in the new book For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics, written with Veronica Chambers.

Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop by Vikki Tobak Wednesday, November 7 7:00 PM Featuring rare outtakes from over 100 photoshoots alongside interviews and essays from industry legends, Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop takes readers on a chronological journey from old-school to alternative hip-hop and from analog to digital photography. Join us and author Vikki Tobak for an inside look at the work of hip-hop photographers told through their most intimate diaries—their contact sheets.

John Woman by Walter Mosley Tuesday, December 11 6:30 PM Walter Mosley is the author of more than 50 critically-acclaimed books, including the major bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins. Mosley will discuss and read from his latest novel John Woman. A book signing will follow. Read and discuss John Woman with the Schomburg Reading Circle at Countee Cullen Library on December 15, p. 12.

OPEN ARCHIVE

LIVE FROM THE ARCHIVE

Join Schomburg Center librarians and archivists as they unveil our latest pop-up displays featuring items from our coveted collection of archival materials. Be the first to get up close and personal with selected items and enjoy an audience Q&A with the collection’s curators.

Discover a series of conversations with scholars, artists, and activists whose work is at the center of the archive.

Firelei Báez’s Joy Out of Fire

Looking for Lorraine with Imani Perry

Wednesday, September 19 1:00 PM Join us and The Studio Museum in Harlem for a curator-led tour of the collections and Wikipedia edit-a-thon with the Black Lunch Table inspired by archival materials highlighted in Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire. Librarians and archivists will display selections from the Schomburg’s unparalleled collection of archival materials highlighting the lives and careers of Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Bennett, Katherine Dunham, and other influential women featured in the exhibition. Learn more about the Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire exhibition on p. 23.

Charles White’s Harlem Wednesday, November 14 1:00 PM Schomburg archivists will share selected items from our coveted collection of materials related to Charles White, the gifted painter, printmaker, and draftsman, from his time in New York during the 1940s and early 50s.

Thursday, September 20 6:30 PM Join us for a conversation with Dr. Imani Perry, Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., and Alexsandra Mitchell, Reference Librarian and Archivist at the Schomburg Center, as they discuss Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry, the first of several new biographical treatments exploring Lorraine Hansberry’s life as an activist, playwright, public intellectual, and artist. The Schomburg Center’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division is home to the Lorraine Hansberry Papers, which Perry culled as she conducted research for her illuminating biography about Hansberry’s life. Read and discuss Looking for Lorraine with the Schomburg Reading Circle at Countee Cullen Library on September 29, p. 12.

The Schomburg Shop

Curated books, jewelry, decor, and more, capturing the global Black experience. Follow us: instagram.com/ schomburgshop

Arts, Ideas & People

TALKS AT THE SCHOMBURG

Cut from a Different Cloth: The Queer Black Voice in Fashion Wednesday, September 5 6:30 PM Behind many of the fashion industry’s shimmering campaign images, collections, and theatrical runway shows, is the creative genius of a queer person of color. Names like Andre Leon Talley (former Creative Director of American Vogue) and Edward Enninful (Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue) are most familiar, but a host of lesser known creatives toil behind the scenes. Join us for a panel discussion with Dario Calmese, Audrey Smaltz, Kyle Hagler, Edward Buchanan, and Stephen Galloway on the often under-acknowledged influence, yet undeniable impact, of queer Black voices in fashion.

Home to Harlem Talks: Little Man, Little Man by James Baldwin Thursday, September 13 6:30 PM James Baldwin, son of Harlem and world famous public intellectual and novelist, penned his only children’s book Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood in 1976 with illustrator Yoran Cazac. The book follows the adventures of TJ as he navigates childhood as a little Black boy in Harlem. This book release and conversation will include readings and dialogue with Jacqueline Woodson (author and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature), Aisha Karefa-Smart (Baldwin's niece), Tejan “TJ” Karefa-Smart (Baldwin's nephew), Kia Corthon (author and playwright), and the book’s co-editors Jennifer DeVere Brody and Nicholas Boggs. The book will be available for purchase in the Schomburg Shop and a reception will follow. Presented in collaboration with the NYU Department of English, and the Dean of Humanities at Stanford University.

The Startling Life of Pauli Murray Tuesday, September 18 6:30 PM Pauli Murray was a lawyer, activist, poet, and Episcopal priest. With her keen mind, she was sought after to provide strategies for the Civil Rights Movement and was instrumental in the creation of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Join us as we celebrate the re-publication of Murray’s memoir Song in a Weary Throat and poetry collection Dark Testament, with feminist scholars Patricia Bell-Scott and Brittney Cooper. Poets Kevin Young and Patricia Spears Jones will share poetry readings from Murray’s works and their own.

TALKS AT THE SCHOMBURG

What Will Be Different for U.S. Historians? Wednesday, October 3 7:00 PM Some U.S. historians have become increasingly visible, vocal, and even radicalized in response to today’s political climate, the implications of U.S. Government policy shifts, and the decisions of their peers to speak out, or remain silent, on current affairs. What is the ethical and responsible role of historians in public discourse, particularly when “alternative facts” have become commonplace and history itself is called into question? Co-curated with Brian Tate as part of the series, If They Came for Me in the Morning, forums on the legacy of statesponsored xenophobia.

Home to Harlem Talks: Gwendolyn Bennett Wednesday, October 17 6:30 PM Though often overshadowed by her more famous counterparts like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Bennett’s cultural contributions are immense. An artist, writer, and journalist during the Harlem Renaissance and a political activist in the late 1930s and 1940s, Bennett was a leading voice in shaping the Harlem Renaissance and in advancing Black women’s rights. Join us as we explore and illuminate Bennett’s life and legacy in conversation with Belinda Wheeler, editor of the recent book, Heroine of the Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Gwendolyn Bennett’s Selected Writings.

TALKS AT THE SCHOMBURG

PERFORMANCE

A History of Voter Suppression Thursday, October 25 6:30 PM Dr. Carol Anderson, author of One Person, No Vote, discusses disenfranchisement efforts across history and the power of Black voices in politics. Read and discuss One Person, No Vote with the Schomburg Reading Circle at Countee Cullen Library on November 10, p. 12.

Charles White Amongst Friends Wednesday, November 14 6:30 PM Over the course of his four-decade career, Charles White’s commitment to creating powerful images of African Americans—what his gallerist and, later, White himself described as “images of dignity”—was unwavering. Using his virtuoso skills as a draftsman, printmaker, and painter, White developed his style and approach over time to address shifting concerns and new audiences. White’s far-reaching vision of a socially committed practice attracted promising young artists, including many artists of color, and he became one of the 20th century’s most important and dedicated teachers. This conversation will feature a discussion of White’s life, legacy, and work, and his influence on the work of today’s contemporary artists of color. Presented in partnership with The Museum of Modern Art and their current exhibition Charles White: A Retrospective October 7, 2018–January 13, 2019.

World AIDS Day Recognition Monday, December 3 6:30 PM The Schomburg Center and community partners will discuss the impact of HIV and AIDS within the global Black diaspora, and will join the global effort to commemorate those who have died from AIDS-related illness worldwide.

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Billy Childs Monday, October 22 7:00 PM Join us for a special evening with Grammy Award— winning pianist, composer, and arranger Billy Childs. Having performed with an honor roll of jazz luminaries that includes Freddie Hubbard, J.J. Johnson, Joe Henderson, and Wynton Marsalis, Childs is a highly sought-after composer, whose music has been performed by a wide range of artists in the worlds of jazz, classical, and pop, including Yo-Yo Ma, Chick Corea, Renée Fleming, and Sting. As a recording artist, Childs has won multiple Grammy Awards, most recently for his album Rebirth, which won the 2018 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.

SCHOMBURG CENTER READING CIRCLE

Schomburg Reading Circle Join the Schomburg as we launch our new book club exploring writers and subjects that delve into the diversity of Black culture and history. Place Reading Circle books on hold at your local library branch and participate in discussions at Countee Cullen Library. All Schomburg Reading Circle discussions will be held at:

Saturday, September 29 12 NOON

Saturday, October 27 1:00 PM

Looking for Lorraine by Imani Perry

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Saturday, November 10 12 NOON

Saturday, December 15 12 NOON

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson

John Woman by Walter Mosley

Countee Cullen Library 104 W 136th St. New York, NY 10030

Schomburg Society Activist, educator, and poet, Sonia Sanchez, our National Membership Chair (second from left with Gene Alexander Peters, Thelma Golden, and Kevin Young), encourages you to join the Schomburg Society! Members receive amazing benefitsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and help the Schomburg celebrate the richness of Black history and culture while ensuring its impact for generations to come. Exclusive Membership Benefits Membership levels start at just $35 and include: Schomburg Shop Discount ($35+) Exhibition Previews & Event Discounts ($50+) Holiday Party Admission & VIP Events ($100+) Signature Gift & Special Event Invitations ($250+) Reserved Seating at Public Programs ($500+) Conservators Lunch with the Director ($1,000+) VIP Open Archive & Cocktail Reception ($2,500+) Private Behind-the-Scenes Tours ($5,000+) Individual Lunch with the Director ($10,000+)

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Education

The Schomburg’s year-round educational programs include two arts-based out-ofschool youth offerings—Junior Scholars and Teen Curators—the highly acclaimed Conversations in Black Freedom Studies, adult education, professional development, and special events. Guided tours of the Schomburg Center are available for organizations, classes, and youth groups Monday–Friday, between 10:00 AM–3:00 PM. To request a tour, email schomburgtours@nypl.org.

YOUTH PROGRAMS

Teen Night at the Schomburg: Open House Open Mic Edition Saturday, November 10 6:30 PM Youth ages 14–18 are invited to join us for the Open House Edition of Teen Night, hosted by singer and songwriter Gregory Wilson! Bring your poems, lyrics, and creative spirit to this evening of spoken word, emceeing, singing, and dancing. Teen Night at the Schomburg Center is hosted by the Junior Scholars Program and the Schomburg Education department.

Junior Scholars Each year, 100 youth ages 11–18 participate in our Junior Scholars program. This tuition-free Saturday program during the academic year promotes historical literacy through college-style lectures and presentations, group discussions and activities, and project-based learning. Students generate individual research, original writing, art portfolios, and collaborative multimedia arts projects from their intensive study of the Schomburg Center’s archives, exhibitions, and educational resources. The Schomburg Junior Scholars program is made possible through the generous support of the Carver Scholarship Fund, the May & Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc., the New York City Council, and the New York State Legislature.

Teen Curators This unique after-school art history and curatorial program enrolls up to 30 high school students each year. The year-long tuition-free program uses art education to increase the historical and cultural literacy of teenagers and promotes their intellectual and professional development through curatorial projects and aesthetic engagements with the Schomburg and other cultural institutions. Each year the program culminates with a student-curated exhibition featuring their artwork alongside archival materials researched during the year within the Schomburg Center's five divisions. The Schomburg Teen Curators program is generously funded for five years by the Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation.

CONVERSATIONS IN BLACK FREEDOM STUDIES

This series of roundtable conversations at the Schomburg Center brings the university campus to the community on the first Thursday of each month. Curated by Professors Jeanne Theoharis (Brooklyn College/CUNY) and Komozi Woodard (Sarah Lawrence College), the series introduces a new paradigm that challenges the older geography, leadership, ideology, culture, and chronology of Civil Rights historiography.

Black Health & Community Activism Thursday, September 6 6:30 PM Medical Apartheid and racial exclusion from equal health care and affordable insurance has been a persistent and deadly crisis for Black America. Now, the White House and a reactionary Congress want to eliminate Obamacare. What can be done? Dr. Julius Garvey, Gabriel Mendes, and Alondra Nelson will explain what Black and Latino communities have done to advance health against the tide of racism in the past, including community organizing efforts like Harlemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lafargue Clinic and the Black Panther Party health care initiatives.

Rethinking H. Rap Brown & Black Power Thursday, October 4 6:30 PM H. Rap Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin) was one of the youngest national leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Black Panther Party. Though the mainstream media criminalized him as a violent troublemaker, he was among the most brilliant voices of the Black Power generation. As 2019, marks the 50th anniversary of Rap Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic memoir Die! Nigger! Die! (1969), Arun Kundnani, who is writing a biography of Al-Amin, will join Akinyele Umoja and Robyn Spencer, two leading scholars of Black Power, for a conversation on Al-Amin's life and political legacy. Learn more about the Black Panther Party in our Black Power! exhibition, p. 23.

CONVERSATIONS IN BLACK FREEDOM STUDIES

Black Politics & the Struggle for Justice in Sports Thursday, December 6 6:30 PM

The Struggle for Voting Rights & the Poor People’s Campaign Thursday, November 1 6:30 PM In 1968 Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King championed the Poor People’s Campaign to unite people of all backgrounds against oppressive government policies. Today, Rev. William Barber and Rev. Liz Theoharis are leading a modern resurgence of the effort, challenging racism, voter suppression, poverty, militarism, and environmental devastation issues that continue to be at stake in the 2018 midterm elections. Join us as Professor Gloria Browne-Marshall discusses these topics and her latest work The Voting Rights War: The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice. A book signing will follow.

Poor People's Campaign marchers marching down Seventh Avenue in Harlem, New York, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1968–05).

Black athletes raising their voices and taking a knee against injustice are under attack by the White House, commentators, coaches, and many fellow Americans. Three writers will examine the role Black male and female athletes have played in the long struggle against racism and injustice and the barriers and criticism they have faced for their politics. Professor Randy Roberts will discuss Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X. Professor Amira Rose Davis will preview her forthcoming book, “Can’t Eat a Medal”: The Lives and Labors of Black Women Athletes in the Age of Jim Crow. And, ESPN’s Howard Bryant will discuss The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America and the Politics of Patriotism.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Teaching & Learning Workshop: Art, Archives & Primary Resources Monday, September 17 4:00—7:00 PM Join us and The Studio Museum in Harlem for an exciting Teaching and Learning Workshop where you will try your hand at being an artist and an archivist! The workshop will include an exploration of the inHarlem exhibition Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire, a tour of the Schomburg Center's archives to learn more about available resources, and an art-making session where you will respond to archival sources and examine the stories of influential women of African descent. Educators will consider new ways to connect a variety of primary sources to educational curricula, developing strategies for incorporating primary sources into the classroom. Pre-K through 12th grade educators from all disciplines are welcome!

Educator Book Talk: Teaching for Black Lives Saturday, October 13 3:00 PM Teaching for Black Lives responds to the Black Lives Matter Movement, rejecting racism in curriculum that constructs Black people as undeserving of equal or humane treatment in society. Join Jesse Hagopian, Dyan Watson, and Renée Watson as they explore critical perspectives on how schools perpetuate anti-Blackness from this groundbreaking anthology and discuss how educators can integrate Teaching for Black Lives principles into curriculum, the school environment, and their education policy advocacy efforts.

From Jim Crow to Black Power: Vitalizing Black History in the Classroom Tuesday, November 6 8:30 AM—3:00 PM Join us for a day-long exploration of the Black experience from Reconstruction through the Black Power Movement. Educators from the Schomburg and New-York Historical Society will co-lead tours of the exhibitions Black Power! and Joy Out of Fire, and present classroom sessions featuring the new curriculum, Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow. The cost for this event is $35 per person ($30 for N-YHS members). Email professional.learning@nyhistory.org for details. Presented in partnership with the New-York Historical Society.

Special Events With our convenient Harlem location and friendly staff, the Schomburg Center is the perfect venue to make your next special event extraordinary. From intimate gatherings to lavish extravanganzas, we offer several magnificent spaces that can be customized to fit any occasion.

Lapidus Center Presents The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery was founded in 2014 by a generous $2.5 million gift from Ruth and Sid Lapidus, matched by The New York Public Library. The 2014 gift also included 400 rare items of printed material, with books and documents continuing to be added to the collection, making the Lapidus Center the only facility of its kind based in a public research library, and the Schomburg Center home to the world’s premiere collection of material related to slavery.

Teaching Slavery Wednesday, December 12 5:00—7:00 PM Join us in conversation with leading scholars and educators Manisha Sinha and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas about how teachers can and should help students understand slavery in U.S. history. Manisha Sinha is Professor of American History at the University of Connecticut and author of The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas is Associate Professor of Literacy, Culture and International Education with the Graduate School of Education at University of Pennsylvania and co-editor of Reading African American Experiences in the Obama Era: Theory, Advocacy, Activism. Presented in collaboration with the Schomburg Center’s Education department.

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Volunteers have the opportunity to share their talents and learn more about the Schomburg, while being part of the Schomburg Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success.

Exhibitions The Schomburg Center is the leading venue in the greater New York metropolitan area for exhibitions on the history and culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora. Each year the Schomburg Center curates and hosts exhibitions at the Schomburg and online that are free and open to the public.

Syncretic Vibrations American Negro Theatre Syncretic Vibrations engages in a call-and-response between students in our Teen Curators Program and the work of anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits. Through research, students have reimagined a mosaic of Blackness while critically examining: who controls how a group of people are studied, represented, and therefore remembered? The exhibition features an array of studentproduced mixed-media works, exhibition didactics, and archival materials.

EXHIBITIONS

SPECIAL TOURS

Gallery Tour: Joy Out of Fire September 1 & 15 October 6 & 20 November 3 & 17 1:00—2:00 PM

Black Power! Exhibition Hall This iconic exhibition, curated to honor the 50th anniversary of the Black Power Movement, presents photographs, documents, ephemera, video, and audio material that explore, conceptualize and interpret the Black Power Movement through the lens of nine key themes: organizations, coalitions, political prisoners, aesthetics, education, international influence, popular culture, publications, and the Black Arts Movement.

Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire Latimer/Edison Gallery Artist Firelei Báez continues her longstanding interest in representations of women, particularly Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latina women, in visual culture and history. Joy Out of Fire features women whose legacies are preserved and maintained in the Schomburg Center archives, reimagining them in conversations through imaginative portraits that incorporate materials such as reproductions of archival photographs, notes, diaries, letters, and manuscripts. In this gathering, the artist brings together women from different eras and walks of life, including important women of color whose contributions have historically been overlooked or thought of as tangential to their male counterparts. This inHarlem project is presented in partnership with The Studio Museum in Harlem.

During this gallery tour, visitors will explore Firelei Báez’s practice of using photographs, letters, and other archival materials to create large-scale, imaginative portraits. This dynamic and immersive inHarlem tour will have something for everyone: adults, families, and kids of all ages are welcome! To register, visit: studiomuseum.org/calendar. Presented in partnership with The Studio Museum in Harlem.

Community Events Gallery Tour & Art-Making Workshop October 16 & 23 2:00â&#x20AC;&#x201D;3:30 PM Arts & Minds, a nonprofit organization providing museum-based experiences for people with dementia and their caregivers, will offer gallery discussions and hands-on art activities to open a window to creativity and well-being. Free, but reservations are required. For reservations call 646-755-3726. Presented in partnership with The Studio Museum in Harlem and Arts & Minds.

EVENTS

FIRST FRIDAYS

HALF DAY SYMPOSIUM

On the first Friday of every month, join us for our lively evening social gathering featuring a DJ, food, beverages, and extended hours to view our current exhibitions. Bring your dancing shoes!

Our Sister-Friends: An Exploration of Women in Art & Scholarship Wednesday, October 10 1:00—8:00 PM Join us for an afternoon of keynotes and panels exploring sisterhood, scholarship, and creative production inspired by the Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire exhibition and Maya Angelou’s archive, both housed at the Schomburg Center. Women scholars and creatives will discuss the impact of sister-friends on their lives and the practices that have helped Black women find visibility, create community, and to thrive across their professional fields.

Schomburg Open House: Passport to Black History Saturday, November 10 12 NOON—6:00 PM The Schomburg Center’s annual Open House is an opportunity for the public to meet our librarians, archivists, and curators. Visit our renovated divisions, learn how to conduct your own research using the Schomburg’s collections, get tips on creating a personal archive, visit the current exhibitions, and attend programs in the Langston Hughes Auditorium. The Schomburg Open House has something for all ages to learn, explore, and enjoy!

CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK (CIN) 14TH ANNUAL LECTURE SERIES:

Jamaica’s Crime Monster: Can It Be Controlled? Wednesday, October 24 6:30 PM, Reception at 5:30 PM

Statistics obtained from the Jamaica Gleaner show that in 2017, with more than 1,600 murders, Jamaica recorded one of the highest crime rates in the world. Join us for the Caribbean International (CIN) 14th Annual Lecture as we welcome Mark Shields, former Deputy Commissioner of Police in Jamaica and former Detective Chief Superintendent of Scotland Yard, who will provide an honest assessment of if the government’s plans to solve crime in Jamaica will be enough.

Labor Day “Carnival” Edition September 7

Michael Jackson vs. Prince Edition October 5

Afro-Beats Edition November 2

Holiday Edition December 7

CALENDAR LISTINGS

September

October

Saturday, September 1 • 1:00 PM Exhibitions Gallery Tour: Joy Out of Fire

Wednesday, October 3 • 7:00 PM Talks at the Schomburg What Will Be Different for U.S. Historians?

Wednesday, September 5 • 6:30 PM Talks at the Schomburg Cut From a Different Cloth: The Queer Black Voice in Fashion Thursday, September 6 • 6:30 PM Conversations in Black Freedom Studies Black Health & Community Activism

Thursday, October 4 • 6:30 PM Conversations in Black Freedom Studies Rethinking H. Rap Brown Friday, October 5 • 6:00–10:00 PM First Fridays Michael Jackson vs. Prince Edition

Friday, September 7 • 6:00–10:00 PM First Fridays Labor Day “Carnival” Edition Monday, September 10 • 6:30 PM Between the Lines Darnell L. Moore & Charlene A. Carruthers Thursday, September 13 • 6:30 PM Talks at the Schomburg Home to Harlem Talks: Little Man, Little Man by James Baldwin Saturday, September 15 • 1:00 PM Exhibitions Gallery Tour: Joy Out of Fire Monday, September 17 • 4:00–7:00 PM Professional Development Teaching & Learning Workshop: Art, Archives & Primary Resources Tuesday, September 18 • 6:30 PM Talks at the Schomburg The Startling Life of Pauli Murray Wednesday, September 19 • 1:00 PM Open Archive Joy Out of Fire

To Write Fire Until It Is Every Breath (detail), Firelei Báez, 2018. Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy the artist and Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago. Saturday, October 6 • 1:00 PM Exhibitions Gallery Tour: Joy Out of Fire Wednesday, October 10 • 1:00–8:00 PM Community Events Our Sister-Friends: An Exploration of Women in Art & Scholarship Saturday, October 13 • 3:00 PM Professional Development Educator Book Talk: Teaching for Black Lives Monday, October 15 • 6:30 PM Between the Lines For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics

Thursday, September 20 • 6:30 PM Live from the Archive Looking for Lorraine with Imani Perry Saturday, September 29 • 12 NOON Schomburg Reading Circle Looking for Lorraine by Imani Perry

Tuesday, October 16 • 2:00 PM Community Events Gallery Tour & Art-Making Workshop Wednesday, October 17 • 6:30 PM Talks at the Schomburg Home to Harlem Talks: Gwendolyn Bennett

CALENDAR LISTINGS

Saturday, October 20 • 1:00 PM Exhibitions Gallery Tour: Joy Out of Fire

Wednesday, November 14 • 1:00 PM Open Archive Charles White’s Harlem

Monday, October 22 • 7:00 PM Performance Carnegie Hall Citywide: Billy Childs

Wednesday, November 14 • 6:30 PM Talks at the Schomburg Charles White Amongst Friends

Tuesday, October 23 • 2:00 PM Community Events Gallery Tour & Art-Making Workshop Wednesday, October 24 • 6:30 PM | Reception 5:30 PM Community Events Caribbean International Network 14th Annual Lecture Thursday, October 25 • 6:30 PM Talks at the Schomburg A History of Voter Suppression Saturday, October 27 • 1:00 PM Schomburg Reading Circle The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Saturday, November 17 • 1:00 PM Exhibitions Gallery Tour: Joy Out of Fire

December Monday, December 3 • 6:30 PM Talks at the Schomburg World AIDS Day Recognition Thursday, December 6 • 6:30 PM Conversations in Black Freedom Studies Black Politics & the Struggle for Justice in Sports Friday, December 7 • 6:00–10:00 PM First Fridays Holiday Edition

November Thursday, November 1 • 6:30 PM Conversations in Black Freedom Studies The Struggle for Voting Rights & the Poor People's Campaign Friday, November 2 • 6:00–10:00 PM First Fridays Afro-Beats Edition Saturday, November 3 • 1:00 PM Exhibitions Gallery Tour: Joy Out of Fire Tuesday, November 6 • 8:30 AM–3:00 PM Professional Development From Jim Crow to Black Power: Vitalizing Black History in the Classroom Wednesday, November 7 • 7:00 PM Between the Lines Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop by Vikki Tobak Saturday, November 10 • 12 NOON Schomburg Reading Circle One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson

Tuesday, December 11 • 6:30 PM Between the Lines John Woman by Walter Mosley

Saturday, November 10 • 12 NOON–6:00 PM Community Events Schomburg Open House: Passport to Black History

Wednesday, December 12 • 5:00–7:00 PM Lapidus Center Presents Teaching Slavery

Saturday, November 10 • 6:30 PM Youth Programs Teen Night at the Schomburg: Open House Open Mic Edition

Saturday, December 15 • 12 NOON Schomburg Reading Circle John Woman by Walter Mosley

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Founded in 1925 and named a National Historic Landmark in 2017, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading cultural institutions devoted to the research, preservation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diaspora, and African experiences. A research library within The New York Public Library system, the Schomburg Center features diverse programming and collections spanning over 11 million items that illuminate the richness of global Black history, arts, and culture. Learn more at schomburgcenter.org.

Exhibition Hall

Langston Hughes

3 Photographs and Prints Division

Administrative Offices

2 Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division 1 Main Entrance

Latimer/Edison Gallery

Schomburg Shop

C Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division

1 Langston Hughes Lobby and Auditorium Cosmogram BR Scholars' Center

Courtyard (Seasonal)

Landmark 3 Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division 2 Art and Artifacts Division 1 Exhibition Hall

Media Gallery

BF American Negro Theatre

Media Gallery

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Langston Hughes Lobby Cosmogram

Courtyard

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Latimer/Edison Gallery Shop

Main Entrance

Langston Hughes Auditorium

POINTS OF INTEREST

The Cosmogram Langston Hughes Lobby The spiritual center of the Schomburg Center, and memorial to Arturo Schomburg and Langston Hughes. Hughes’s ashes are buried beneath the public art installation, Rivers, designed by multidisciplinary artist Houston Conwill, that includes lines from Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”

Aaron Douglas Murals Latimer/Edison Gallery Aaron Douglas is considered the foremost visual artist of the Harlem Renaissance. In 1934, Douglas was commissioned under the sponsorship of the Public Works of Art Project (WPA) to paint a series of murals for The New York Public Library's 135th Street branch. The resulting four panels—Song of the Towers; From Slavery Through Reconstruction; An Idyll of the Deep South; and The Negro in an African Setting are collectively titled Aspects of Negro Life and are now located in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room and are visible from the Latimer/Edison Gallery.

The American Negro Theatre Landmark Established in 1940, the American Negro Theatre grew to become one of the most influential Black theaters of its time. Notable actors such as Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, and Harry Belafonte performed at the American Negro Theatre, which also provided a platform for Black playwrights, actors, and directors to hone their craft.

ABOUT THE SCHOMBURG CENTER

Portrait of Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, bibliophile, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1900–1935).

The Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints— the forerunner to today’s Schomburg Center—opened in 1925 as a special collection of the 135th Street Branch Library to meet the needs of a changing community. The Division first won international acclaim in 1926, when the personal collection of the distinguished Puerto Rican-born Black scholar and bibliophile, Arturo (Arthur) Alfonso Schomburg, was added. His collection included more than 5,000 books; 3,000 manuscripts; 2,000 etchings and paintings; and several thousand pamphlets. Schomburg served as curator of the Division from 1932 until his death in 1938. In 1940, the Division was renamed the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature, History and Prints in honor of its founder. In 1972, the Schomburg Collection was designated as one of the research libraries of The New York Public Library and became the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.