Schomburg : the man who built a library / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez.
| Author/creator |
Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author. |
| Other author/creator | Velasquez, Eric, illustrator. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Edition | Reinforced trade edition. |
| Publication Info | Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2017 |
| Description | 37 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Abstract | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page [43]). |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2017953748 |
| ISBN | 9780763680466 (library binding) |
| ISBN | 076368046X (library binding) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | TRC Biographies | B SCH649W | ✔ Available | Place Hold |