January 2012
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SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE:... →
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By Steven G. Fullwood, Co-curator of the exhibition GMAD at 25: A History in Words and Images, and Project Director for the Black Gay & Lesbian Archive, Schomburg Center
I discovered Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) in 1998, four months after I moved to New York City. At the time GMAD’s…
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“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is...”
– Lewis Carroll With all the birthdays this week, today’s Tumblr is getting “curiouser and curiouser!” Happy 180th Mr. Carroll!
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Justin Tuck's Home-field Advantage →
NYPL Librarian Rodger Taylor shares his love of the New York Giants (contenders for Superbowl XLVI) and Justin Tuck’s new children’s book Home-Field Advantage with local teens at Grand Central Library.
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“A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or...”
– Edith Wharton
May your day be mirthful as we celebrate Edith Wharton’s birthday! Looking for one of her classics? We’ve got them right here!
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10 Caldecott Award Winners That Have Stood the...
A Ball for Daisy, written and illustrated by Chris Raschka, just won the 2012 Caldecott Medal! Youth Materials Specialist Betsy Bird shares her picks for 10 winners that have stood the test of time.
1942: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking) These ducklings don’t age (and how great is it that one of them was named Ouack?).
1943: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton...
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Flashback Friday: Zodiac Edition
Welcome Aquarius! Tomorrow marks the first day of the sun sign’s 2012 appearance in astrology. According to this cigarette card issued between 1922-1939 by the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain & Ireland “those born under the sign of Aquarius were (WERE??) supposed to be intelligent, of strong will-power, restless, inventive, deep thinkers, artistic and cautious in money...
Amsterdam News Writes About the Schomburg's Winter... →
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We hope to see you here at the Schomburg Center!
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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
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A Honey of a Tuesday
“Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do is go where they can find you.” - Winnie the Pooh
Wishing all of our 20,000 followers a very happy day for today is A. A. Milne’s birthday. Our deepest gratitude to Mr. Milne for creating the wondrous characters of Hundred Acre Wood, who you can see in reality if you stop by the...
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“ A strange twilight world opened up before me, and I felt as the first man to...”
– Professor Pierre Aronnax (narrator) in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
In celebration of our little Tumblr page reaching 20,000 followers (not to mention our 600th post!), we quote Jules Verne’s literary masterpiece 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. We couldn’t be more honored...
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“Daisy Bates was the poster child of black resistance. She was a quarterback, the...”
– Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine, the group of students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. Learn more about Daisy Bates at the Schomburg Center on Saturday, when they host a film screening of Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock at 4pm. The director will...
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“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting...”
– E.O. Wilson See Wilson talk science and the environment at LIVE from the NYPL on April 10; tickets to ALL talks are on sale today!
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