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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Ordinary People: Lawrence Graham-Brown 5/28/13 6:30PM - 8:30PM 2013-05-28 18:30:00 2013-05-28 20:30:00

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Join Jamaican artist Lawrence Graham-Brown for a screening of "Rites of Passage/Sacred Spaces 2012,” his recent performance/film. After the...

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The Literary Society presents The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis 6/3/13 6PM - 8PM 2013-06-03 18:00:00 2013-06-03 20:00:00

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The Literary Society continues the tradition of African-American literary societies formed in the 1880's to encourage reading and education...

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Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: Black Radical Internationalism 6/6/13 6PM - 8PM 2013-06-06 18:00:00 2013-06-06 20:00:00

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Join us for the fourth installement of Conversation in Black Freedom Studies: "Black Radical Internationalism" with Michael West, Robyn...

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First Fridays 6/7/13 6PM - 9PM 2013-06-07 18:00:00 2013-06-07 21:00:00

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Start the new month with First Fridays at the Schomburg, a popular monthly social gathering that welcomes the community with music and...

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Panel Discussion: Apollo Breakin' Convention 6/13/13 6:30PM - 8:30PM 2013-06-13 18:30:00 2013-06-13 20:30:00

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The Schomburg's Hip-Hop 4.0 Initiative Presents: Panel Discussion: Apollo Breakin' Convention.  The Apollo Theater will kick off the...

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Films at Schomburg: You Are Not Alone 6/18/13 6:30PM - 8:30PM 2013-06-18 18:30:00 2013-06-18 20:30:00

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Terrie M. Williams, mental health activist and author of Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting presents You Are Not Alone, a...

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BGLA Ordinary People Books Series 6/25/13 6PM - 8PM 2013-06-25 18:00:00 2013-06-25 20:00:00

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To conclude our series, we are inviting club participants to swap their books, as well as to make suggestions for the book club. We’ll...

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The Finding Aid: Black Women Archivists 5/21/13 6:30PM - 8:30PM

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The Finding Aid: Black Women at the Intersection of Art and Archiving is an interactive, multi-media dialogue that explores the...

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Malcolm X Museum 5/19/13 3PM - 5PM

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The Malcolm X Museum Annual Celebration of the Birthday of Malcolm X/ El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.

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Talks at the Schomburg: Martha Biondi, Vincent Harding and Bill Strickland 5/16/13 6:30PM - 8:30PM

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Grab your copy of The Black Revolution on Campus by Martha Biondi and enjoy a discussion on the black student movement in the U.S. with...

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American Beatboxer Film Screening (World Premiere) 5/15/13 6:30PM - 9PM

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The Schomburg's Hip-Hop 4.0 Initiative Presents the World Premiere of: American Beatboxer. This documentary honors the evolution of beat...

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Higher Learning: The Cornell Hip Hop Collection 5/14/13 6:30PM - 8PM

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The Schomburg's Hip-Hop 4.0 Initiative presents: Higher Learning: The Cornell Hip Hop Collection.  Meet archivist Katherine Reagan,...

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Junior Scholars' Youth Summit 2013: Free Your Mind! 5/11/13 10AM - 3PM

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Education at the Schomburg Presents:Junior Scholars' Youth Summit 2013: Free Your Mind! The teens of the Schomburg Junior Scholars Program...

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Films at the Schomburg: Broken on All Sides 5/8/13 6:30PM - 8:30PM

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Broken on All Sides is a documentary focused on mass incarceration across the nation and the intersection of race and poverty within...

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Ordinary People: An Evening with Rodney Evans 5/7/13 6:30PM - 8:30PM

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The Ordinary People film series concludes with Director/Writer Rodney Evans who will showcase two of his earlier shorts, Close to Home and...

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First Fridays 5/3/13 6PM - 10PM

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Start the new month with First Fridays at the Schomburg, a popular monthly social gathering that welcomes the community with music and...

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Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: Freedom North: The Black Freedom Struggle in New York 5/2/13 6PM - 8PM

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Join us for the third installement of Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: "Freedom North: The Black Freedom Struggle in New York" with...

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Visually Speaking: Women Image Makers 4/29/13 6:30PM - 8:30PM

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Visually Speaking is a conversation series highlighting the works of select photographers, whose images bear witness to myriad cultures,...

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A Conversation with David C. Driskell 4/26/13 6:30PM - 7:30PM

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David C. Driskell, born in 1931 into a family of Georgia sharecroppers, is today a renowned painter and one of the leading authorities...

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Bronx Berlin Connection Film Screening 4/24/13 6:30PM - 8PM

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The Bronx Berlin Connection is more than a Youth Exchange Program. Living conditions in Berlin communities can't adequately be compared to...

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Before 5: Quilt Workshop with Laura Gadson 4/24/13 2PM - 4PM

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Join artist, Laura Gadson, as she shares her work as a fiber artist in Harlem and ideas regarding the era of the urban quiltmaking by other...

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Ordinary People: In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology 4/23/13 6:30PM - 8:30PM

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Through the pages of In The Life, edited by Joseph Beam, 29 black authors explore what it means to be doubly different—both black and...

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Roots and Stars: Prayer Spears 4/17/13 6:30PM - 8:30PM

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Join us as we explore multiple expressions of one of the highest mandates of faith: to fight for justice and build community.  Professor...

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Higher Learning: Global Hip-Hop Movement 4/16/13 6:30PM - 8PM

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Join Dr. Seth Markle, Bocafloja, and McKenzie as they discuss evolution of the festival and the impact it has made at Trinity College and...

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Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America 4/6/13 5:30PM - 8:30PM

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  A book event with theater, film, and community forum presented by afro-latin@ forum, Asian American Writer's Workshop and the Schomburg...

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Family Fun: Reggie Workman's AALP Youth Legacy Band 4/6/13 4PM - 6PM

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Originating in legendary bassist, Reggie Workman’s African American Legacy Project workshops, the budding teen musicians of AALP Youth...

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First Fridays 4/5/13 6PM - 9PM

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Make the Schomburg’s popular monthly social gathering your number one destination. Stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter pages for...

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Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: The Economics of Black Power 4/4/13 6PM - 8PM

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Join us at the Schomburg for Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: The Economics of Black Power this Thursday, April 4 at 6pm!  April...

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Before 5: A 200-Year Affair of African Americans in Paris 3/27/13 2PM - 3:30PM

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Join Julia Browne, of “Walking The Spirit Tours,” for a fascinating journey into black Paris. Through a multimedia presentation and...

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Ordinary People: BGLA Book Club Series 3/26/13 6:30PM - 9PM

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The BGLA’s Book Club will host a discussion on Abeng by Michelle Cliff.

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Fresh, Bold, and So Def Women in Hip-Hop 3/23/13 4PM - 6PM

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In celebration of Women's History Month this program will highlight the contributions and achievements of women in hip-hop through media,...

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Talks at the Schomburg: Africans in India 3/21/13 6:30PM - 8PM

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Talks at the Schomburg: Dr. Faaeza Jasdanwalla, Dr. Kenneth X. Robbins, and Dr. John McLeod Discover the fascinating and little-known...

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Higher Learning Series: Hip-Hop and Technology 3/19/13 6:30PM - 8:30PM

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Higher Learning Series – Hip-Hop and TechnologyMeet Ilan Zechory, Mahbod Moghadam, and Tom Leham graduates of Yale University that founded...

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Films at the Schomburg: Mosquita y Mari 3/16/13 4:30PM - 8:30PM

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HERSTORY NOW: Celebrating the Power of the Everyday Woman The Film - Mosquita y Mari After premiering at Sundance this past January,...

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Between the Lines: Peter Benjaminson and Marc Taylor 3/13/13 6:30PM - 8PM

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Join author Peter Benjaminson as he discusses his latest book, Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar.  Benjaminson's...

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