Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
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Label
Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page [43])
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 9-12
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Schomburg
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Sub title
the man who built a library
Summary
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
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
Contributor
Subject
- Biographies
- Illustrated children's books
- African American historians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Historians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Children's literature -- Illustrations
- Book collectors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Picture books
- African American book collectors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938 -- Juvenile literature
Content
Illustrator
Incoming Resources
- Has instance3
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject12
- Biographies
- Illustrated children's books
- African American historians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Historians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Children's literature -- Illustrations
- Book collectors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Picture books
- African American book collectors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938 -- Juvenile literature
- Content2
- Author1
- Illustrator1