The ‘Father of Black History’ Was Afro-Puerto Rican |
The ‘Father of Black History’ Was Afro-Puerto Rican
Latino USA
National Public Radio
2017-06-30
Janice Llamoca, Digital Media Editor
Futuro Media Group
There’s a building in Harlem that houses, some say, the largest collection of Black history in the world. At the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, you can see and touch original documents like the Malcolm X papers and the Nate King Cole papers. The center also holds specialized exhibits, film screenings, and panel discussions.
The center is named after Arturo Schomburg, also known as the “Father of Black History,” who sold his personal collection of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, and data to the New York Public Library in 1926…
Listen to the story (00:09:28) here.