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  • EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND: Malcolm X: A Search for Truth

    July 15, 2011 (All day) - March 8, 2012 (All day)

    Malcolm X: A Search for Truth will provide the general public an opportunity to examine materials from the Malcolm X collection. The Malcolm X collection is unique in that it contains a wide range of speeches, sermons, radio broadcasts, diaries, correspondence, and other documents 

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  • The Soul of Blackness/A Centennial Tribute Image

    Romare Bearden: The Soul of Blackness/A Centennial Tribute

    July 15, 2011 (All day) - January 7, 2012 (All day)

    The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is pleased to present a centennial birthday tribute to world acclaimed artist and native son Romare Bearden. This exhibition is the Center’s contribution to the nation-wide birthday celebration of his 

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  • Patchwork Quilts by Africans (Siddis) in India Image

    Soulful Stitching: Patchwork Quilts by Africans (Siddis) in India

    February 1, 2011 (All day) - June 30, 2011 (All day)

    The Siddis of Karnataka, India are the descendants of both early African immigrants to South Asia and enslaved Africans brought to Goa on India’s west coast by the Portuguese beginning in the 16th century. Gradually, they escaped slavery and moved southward into the remote Western Ghatt 

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  • The New Harlem Renaissance Photographers Image

    Harlem Views/Diasporan Visions: The New Harlem Renaissance Photographers

    February 1, 2011 (All day) - June 30, 2011 (All day)

    Harlem Views/Diasporan Visions: The New Harlem Renaissance Photographers is the inaugural exhibition by the 25 members of New Harlem Renaissance Photographers. Views of Harlem, including the recent West African immigrant community and 

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  • What\'s Up @ the Schomburg? Image

    What's Up @ the Schomburg?

    May 7, 2010 (All day) - January 3, 2011 (All day)

    Located within the walls of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are surprisingly rare and unique books, manuscripts, artworks, photographs and memorabilia as old as the 4th century and as new as today!

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  • Jerry Pinkney\'s African-American Journey to Freedom Image

    Jerry Pinkney's African-American Journey to Freedom

    February 5, 2010 (All day) - April 18, 2010 (All day)

    Jerry Pinkney's African-American Journey to Freedom
    The Seagram Collection of African-American Art

    This exhibition is a stunning collection of 35 watercolor paintings by the award-winning children’s book illustrator and artist. Originally commissioned by the 

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  • The First Year Image

    President Barack Obama: The First Year

    February 5, 2010 (All day) - April 18, 2010 (All day)

    President Barack Obama: The First Year
    Photographs by Pete Souza,
    Chief Official White House Photographer

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  • Courage: The Black New York Struggle for Quality Education

    October 2, 2009 (All day) - December 31, 2009 (All day)

    This exhibition explores the visions and aspirations of courageous leaders and parents who have been seeking to educate black children. It looks at the obstacles black children have faced and the comparative nature of the learning environments and belated examples of educational success that 

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  • Courage: The Vision to End Segregation, the Guts to fight for It

    October 2, 2009 (All day) - December 31, 2009 (All day)

    Few Americans realize that the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education started in South Carolina, when a country preacher named Rev. J. A. De Laine and his neighbors in Clarendon County filed a lawsuit demanding the end of separate, unequal schools for their children. The Supreme 

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  • St. Philip's Episcopal Church Bicentennial Exhibition

    May 3, 2009 (All day) - August 30, 2009 (All day)

    St. Philip's Episcopal Church Bicentennial Exhibition presents the 200 year history of St. Philip's, from 1809 to 2009. Notable church members include Rev. Peter Williams Jr., James McCune Smith, Elizabeth Jennings, Kenneth Clarke, and Thurgood Marshall.

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