When vocal artist Russell Saint John was preparing for a concert of the music of greats Paul Robeson and Hall Johnson, he turned to his nearby Hamilton Grange Library to conduct his research. "To have all of this information at your fingertips is phenomenal," he says. "This is a place for growth, and that's what The New York Public Library is for me."

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