Schomburg : the man who built a library
Book |
First edition. |
Candlewick Press,
Somerville, Massachusetts :
[2017]
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
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About
Where is our historian to give us our side? Arturo asked. Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk's life's passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. When Schomburg's collection became so big it began to overflow his house (and his wife threatened to mutiny), he turned to the New York Public Library, where he created and curated a collection that was the cornerstone of a new Negro Division. A century later, his groundbreaking collection, known as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, has become a beacon to scholars all over the world.
Details
- ISBN: 9780763680466
- Physical Description: 37 pages : colour illustrations ; 31 cmprint
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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Target Audience Note:
Ages 9-12.
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Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso,
1874-1938 >
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Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History >
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African American historians >
Biography >
Juvenile fiction.
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Historians >
United States >
Biography >
Juvenile fiction.
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African American book collectors >
Biography >
Juvenile fiction.
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Book collectors >
United States >
Biography >
Juvenile fiction.
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Puerto Ricans >
New York (State) >
New York >
Biography >
Juvenile fiction.
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African Americans >
Intellectual life >
20th century >
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