Another One of the Greats

By: Chinese Raccoon Dog

The Schomburg Center's founder Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was born in Puerto Rico on Jan. 24, 1874.  Schomburg, who came to New York in 1891, was a bibliophile, writer, and a key intellectual figure in the Harlem Renaissance.  He spent his life championing and preserving black history.  The New York public library purchased his vast collection in 1926.  The Schomburg Center is now home to more than 10 million items.

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