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Past Exhibitions

  • Visualizing Emancipation

    October 11, 2012 (All day) - March 16, 2013 (All day)

    To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Schomburg presents 171 pre– and post– Civil War era photographs of enslaved and free black women, men, and children. The images record the presence of black soldiers and black workers in the American South and 

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  • From Cover to Cover: 20 Years of African Voices

    December 8, 2012 (All day) - January 19, 2013 (All day)

    Danny Simmons, the founder of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, is the curator for the exhibition, 20 Years of African Voices. Artwork from the magazine’s front and back covers will anchor the exhibition. Photo essays and other archival  

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  • GMAD at 25: A History in Words and Images

    February 1, 2012 (All day) - December 31, 2012 (All day)

    Please join Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD), the oldest social services organization serving black gay men in New York City, as it celebrates its 25th anniversary at the Schomburg Center. Since 1986, GMAD has served as a center for education, advocacy and social support for black 

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  • Movements and Moments in Spring

    March 12, 2012 (All day) - December 31, 2012 (All day)

    Movements and Moments in Spring was organized and curated by Gloria Aziza Lawyer to celebrate the 53rd anniversary of this historical association and International Women’s History Month.

    The National Conference of Artists 

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  • Gordon Parks: 100 Moments

    July 12, 2012 (All day) - December 1, 2012 (All day)

    Gordon Parks: 100 Moments celebrates a photographer who transformed the visual story of America with his ever-questioning lens, highlighting—in particular—the significance of Parks’s photographs from the early 1940s. 100 Moments focuses on Parks’s 

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  • Moneta Sleet, Jr.: Pulitzer Prize Photojournalist

    July 12, 2012 (All day) - August 30, 2012 (All day)

    Photojournalists often make decisions instantly and the resulting photograph can become the powerful and memorable record of a moment—or a movement. Moneta Sleet, Jr., born in Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1926, received his first camera at the age of nine. This retrospective collection of more 

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  • The Obama Presidency: A Look Behind the Scenes/Photographs by Pete Souza Chief Official White House Photographer

    February 1, 2012 (All day) - June 16, 2012 (All day)

    This exhibition of 56 photographs by Pete Souza, the chief official White House photographer, forms a visual diary of nearly two years of President Obama’s time in office, from September 2009 through May 2011. 

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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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