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Harlem's Schomburg Center Unveils Fall 2017 Event Lineup
Check out the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture's fall offerings, featuring readings of James Baldwin, Jesmyn Ward and more.
HARLEM, NY — The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture announce its events lineup for the fall 2017 season Tuesday. The fall season begins September 1 with a special “Carnival” edition of the Schomburg Center's "First Fridays" series.
The Fall Season at the Schomburg Center will feature full-day readings of James Baldwin, a discussion with National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward about her new novel "Sing, Unburied, Sing," a tribute to jazz icon “Sonny” Rollins, discussions on race in the United States and much more.
The Schomburg Center was one of 24 buildings designated a national historic landmark in January by the Department of Interior.
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"The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City represents the idea of the African Diaspora, a revolutionizing model for studying the history and culture of people of African descent that used a global, transnational perspective," a statement from the Interior Department read.
Check out a full lineup of events below, as provided by the Schomburg Center:
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Friday, September 1 at 6pm
Wednesday, September 6 at 6:30 PM
Thursday, September 7 at 6pm
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: Fifty Years After the Newark and Detroit Uprisings
Wednesday, September 13 at 6:30 PM
Between the Lines: My Soul Looks Back by Jessica B. Harris
Wednesday, September 20 at 7:00 PM
Schomburg Teach-in with Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Saturday, September 23 at 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday, September 26 at 6:30 pm
Wednesday, September 27 at 1PM
Open Archive: Sonny Rollins Collection
Wednesday, September 27 at 4PM
Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division Unveiling
Wednesday, September 27 at 6:30 PM
Our Man In Jazz: Sonny Rollins Tribute
Monday, October 2 at 1PM
Open Archive: Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) Collection
Monday, October 2 at 6:30 pm | AUD
Theater Talks: Douglas Turner Ward + 50 Years of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC)
Thursday, October 5 at 6PM
Monday, October 16 at 6:30PM
Between The Lines: THE STREET by Ann Petry
Wednesday, October 18 at 6:30 PM
LensCulture: Bee and Rog Walker
Thursday, October 19 at 6:00 PM
Schomburg Center Fall Open House: Revival of SOUL
Tuesday, October 24 at 6:30 PM
Talks at the Schomburg: Black LGBT Health in the United States
Monday, October 30 at 6:30 PM
Live from the Archive
Supersonic Blackness: The Archive of the Future
Thursday, November 2 at 6PM
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: The Strange Career of Jim Crow New York
Monday, November 6 at 6:30 PM
Talks at the Schomburg: Bettina Love and Hip-Hop Civics Education
Tuesday, November 7 at 6:30 PM
Between the Lines: Bunk by Kevin Young
Thursday, November 9 at 6:30 PM
Between the Lines: A Good Cry by Nikki Giovanni
Monday, November 13 at 7:00 PM
Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert: Martha Redbone Roots Project
Friday and Saturday, November 16-18
Tuesday, November 28 at 1PM
Open Archive: Kathleen Collins Collection
Tuesday, November 28 at 2:30 PM
Before 5 Films: Losing Ground by Kathleen Collins
Tuesday, November 28 at 6:30 PM
Friday, December 1 at 10:30AM
Young Adult Author Talk: Ibi Zoboi & Jason Reynolds
Monday, December 4 at 6:30 PM
Tuesday, December 5 at 6:30 PM
Talks at the Schomburg: What Will Be Different for Historians in a Changing America?
Thursday, December 7 at 6PM
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: The Strange Career of Jim Crow Midwest
Monday, December 11 at 6:30 PM
Wednesday, December 13 at 7PM
Gwendolyn Brooks Centennial Celebration
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