Schomburg to host Centennial Festival with block party, author talks, comic books, and more

Schomburg to host Centennial Festival with block party, author talks, comic books, and more

It was 100 years ago that Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, a Black and Puerto Rican scholar and bibliophile, shared his collection of pamphlets, prints, and manuscripts with the public as part of the special collection of the Division of Negro Literature, History, and Prints at the 135th Street Branch Library. Passionate about archiving Black American culture and the African diaspora, Schomburg spent the rest of his life documenting, archiving, and col…