Bibliograph

Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Type

Label

Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page [43])

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Schomburg

Medium

digital audio book

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1119977584

resource.readingGradeLevel

Grades 3-6

Responsibility statement

Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Sub title

the man who built a library

Summary

Where is our historian to give us our side? Arturo asked. Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk's life's passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. When Schomburg's collection became so big it began to overflow his house (and his wife threatened to mutiny), he turned to the New York Public Library, where he created and curated a collection that was the cornerstone of a new Negro Division. A century later, his groundbreaking collection, known as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, has become a beacon to scholars all over the world

Target audience

juvenile

Classification