#SchomburgSyllabus: Mutual Aid & Welfare
The #SchomburgSyllabus is an archive of new and recent educational resources relating to Black studies, movements, and experiences. By connecting these materials to the Schomburg Center’s collections, we honor and recognize the source and strength of Black self-education practices, collective study, and librarianship. The #SchomburgSyllabus is curated by Schomburg Center staff and organized into 27 themes to foster a greater understanding of the Black experience. Explore resources below to learn more about Mutual Aid and Welfare.
#SchomburgSyllabus: Mutual Aid & Welfare
Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society records, 1934-1984 (bulk 1940-1966), Sc MG 856, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
Community Development Corporation oral history project / conducted by James Briggs Murray, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image & Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library
The Segregated Origins of Social Security: African Americans and the Welfare State (2006) / by Mary Poole, Sc E 06-254, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library
“Welfare and Public Relief Development for Negroes in New York”, Writers' Program, New York City: Negroes of New York collection, Sc Micro R-6544; Sc MG 24, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
Welfare Reform Syllabus (August 24, 2016), Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, #Syllabus Web Archive Collection – Archive-It, The New York Public Library
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Image: North Carolina's Social Welfare Program for Negros, title page, 1926. Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library.
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The #SchomburgSyllabus is made possible through The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s generous support for the #SchomburgSyllabus project, and the Community Webs program, which is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Internet Archive, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.