Past Programs at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Bring your little ones to this free, interactive, 45-minute concert that’s designed for children ages three to six, and fun for the whole family! 

Family music’s first soul band Shine and the Moonbeams captures the fun, sweetness, and simplicity of youth in a groovy 

During her lifetime Harriet Tubman (Moses of her people) was a runaway slave, lumberjack, cook, nurse, resistance leader, spy, abolitionist, and the greatest conductor on the Underground Railroad. Tubman escaped 

During her lifetime Harriet Tubman (Moses of her people) was a runaway slave, lumberjack, cook, nurse, resistance leader, spy, abolitionist, and the greatest conductor on the Underground Railroad. Tubman escaped 

Join Children's author Renée Watson for a reading of Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills. A little known Harlem Renaissance star and performer, Mill's voice transcended and transformed her circumstances. 

African Film Festival, Inc. and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are proud to present their annual Black History Month film screening.

Join award-winning artist and illustrator Bryan Collier in a presentation about his craft and the creation of his picture books about African-American life—past and present. His latest picture-book edition of Langston Hughes’ classic poem, I, Too, Am America is his interpretation of 

Marriage equality: Yes or No? Join the panelists as they engage in a timely discussion of same-sex marriage. Join author Obery Hendricks and historian Michael Eric Dyson as they engage in a timely discussion of same-sex marriage with Aisha Moodie-Mills, advisor for the Center for 

The National Conference of Artists (NCA), in collaboration with the Schomburg Center, celebrates Elizabeth Catlett (April 15, 1915 – April 2, 2012), a respected and treasured member of NCA. Catlett’s abstract sculptures of the human form reflected her deep concern about the 

Join Dr. Edgar Tyson, Lauren Gardner, and Debangshu Roychoudhury from Fordham University as they discuss the advances in Hip-Hop Therapy and Psychology derived from their annual conference. Hip Hop Psychology is a school of philosophical inquiry which seeks to use the artistic components of Hip