Tag Archives: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Harlem Gets Sweet Enuff At The Harlem YMCA

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Esmarly Hidalgo likes eating “alive” foods. “’Dead’ foods are bad for you,” said Hidalgo, 9. Continue reading

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SWEET ENUFF Wellness Challenge Competition with Harlem Youth

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SWEET ENUFF will hold its Wellness Challenge Competition at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Continue reading

HW Pick: 10th Annual Sheba Film Festival In Harlem (video)

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The video above is from the film Town of Runners, which is one of the films that will be shown in Harlem as part of the 10th Annual Sheba Film Festival taking place on May 21st and continues until June 6th, 2013. Continue reading

Edgecombe Sanitarium in Harlem, NY, 1925

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In 1925 the Edgecombe Sanitarium was opened after a merger with the Booker T. Washington Sanitarium on 7th Avenue between 138th and 139th Streets in 1920, offering inpatient treatment for those with tuberculosis.

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HW Pick: David Driskell: In Search of the Creative Truth At The Schomburg

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Driskell’s Truth
David C. Driskell, born in 1931 into a family of Georgia sharecroppers, is today a renowned painter and one of the leading authorities on the subject of African American art.   Continue reading

Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America

130213161923-bengali-harlem-story-topA book event with theater, film, and community forum presented by afro-latin@ forum, Asian American Writer’s Workshop and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Continue reading

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture And Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Launch Search For Harlem Treasures

Digital Diaspora Family ReunionDigital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR,) in cooperation with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, encourages the public to nominate individuals for consideration as ‘Harlem Treasures.’ Continue reading

Help DDFR and The Schomburg Find Harlem Treasure?

Harlem TreasureDDFR, in cooperation with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, encourages the public to nominate individuals for consideration as ‘Harlem Treasures.’ Continue reading

When Supermen Came to Harlem

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Rene Carson writes;

This past Saturday, The Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture, located in Harlem, New York, hosted their first-ever Black Comic Book Festival. Continue reading

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The NCA Tribute to Elizabeth Catlett Mora in Harlem

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