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Arthur Alfonso Schomburg: Black Bibliophile & Collector
Elinor DesVerney Sinnette
The first full biography of the pioneering black collector whose search for the hidden records of the black experience led to the development of a research collection which laid the foundation for the study of black history and culture.
262 pages, b/w illustrations. Published by Wayne State University Press, 1989.
Hardcover. 32.95. ISBN0-8143-2156-9.
Available from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.


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