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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037-1801
(212) 491-2200

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For Art & Artifacts; Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books; Moving Image and Recorded Sound; and Photos and Prints divisions hours see Research Collections.

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  • In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience Documents 400 years of migrations

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research unit of The New York Public Library, is generally recognized as one of the leading institutions of its kind in the world. For over 80 years the Center has collected, preserved, and provided access to materials documenting black life, and promoted the study and interpretation of the history and culture of peoples of African descent. The Schomburg Center consists of three connected buildings: The Schomburg Building, the Langston Hughes Building and the Landmark Building.

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