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New York – 11 June 2025
1. Wide pan of exhibition space at the Schomburg Center showcasing artwork and historical displays for its centennial celebration
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tammi Lawson, Curator of Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture:
"I’m Tammi Lawson, I’m the curator of the Art and Artifacts division here at the Schomburg Center, where I manage a collection of 15,000 items. Art, African art, drawings, paintings, material culture items, as well as ephemeral items."
3. Close of historical New York Public Library document from 1925 on display
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tammi Lawson, Curator of Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture:
"We are celebrating our centennial, which is 100 years of documenting, preserving and making accessible art and artifacts, books, manuscripts, photographs, films, by and about people of African descent, and this has been housed here at the library at the beginning since 1925 and in 1926, we acquired Mr. Schomburg’s collection, which kicked it all off for us."
5. Mid of centennial celebration sign at the Schomburg Center
6. Pull-out of book published in 1926 showcasing an anthology of Blues music
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tammi Lawson, Curator of Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture:
"His whole collection is giving back what slavery took away, so this collection validates and edifies and inspires. It is a counter historical document, documentation of Black people worldwide."
8. Various of a statue at the Schomburg Center
9. Various of photographs taken around 1985 highlighting Black culture in New York City
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Tammi Lawson, Curator of Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture:
"It is a way to negate all the negative stereotypes and derogatory imagery that is out about Black people. This gives you the tools and the voice to counter it because you’re seeing all the beauty."
11. Various of colorful painting on display
12. Various of gold sneakers featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat design on display
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Novella Ford, Associate Director, Public Programs and Exhibitions, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture:
"The Schomburg Center has been dedicated to the collection, preservation, and interpretation of the global Black experiences for these last 100 years, and we really have our origin at the 135th Street library, right? So, of course we’re going to celebrate literacy and literature, but we’re also a research center and so we amplify scholars of color, scholars who are thinking about Black history and culture."
14. Wide of section of Schomburg Center/135th Street Library branch of the New York Public Library
15. Various of Schomburg Center lobby showcasing centennial celebration decorations
STORYLINE:
It’s one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country – and its most devoted supporters say not enough people know about it. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture hopes to change that Saturday, as it celebrates its centennial with a festival combining two of its marquee annual events.
The Black Comic Book Festival and the Schomburg Literary Festival will run across a full day and will feature readings, panel discussions, workshops, children’s story times, and cosplay, as well as a vendor marketplace. Saturday’s celebration takes over 135th Street in Manhattan between Malcom X and Adam Clayton Powell boulevards.
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