Musicians Launch “Dear American Orchestras” Campaign 
Pianist Kenny Barron is an exceptionally creative musician 
A Night of Jazz, Legacy, and the Unexpected at Unterfahrt 
Cultural Wrap-Up May 23, 2025 | Patti LaBelle … 
✨Cultural Wrap-Up: James Brown, Friday, May 2, 2025 
✨ Cultural Wrap-Up: Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Muddy Waters – April 29, 2025 
February 28: Sarah Vaughan 
February 25: Paul Robeson 
February 23: Marian Anderson 
February 22: Berry Gordy 
February 20: Duke Ellington 
February 19: Nina Simone: The Power of Protest Through Music 
February 18: Bessie Smith: Jazz’s First Superstar 
February 17: Thomas A. Dorsey 
February 16: Ma Rainey 
February 15: John Coltrane 
February 14: Scott Joplin 
February 12: Art Tatum 
Fatoumata Diawara: A Fusion of Tradition and Modernity 
February 11. Ella Fitzgerald 
February 8: Louis Armstrong 
February 2: Mahalia Jackson 
Sylvester: Beyond the Gimmick | 1980-1-1 
The Ntu Sound Chamber: A Spiritual Jazz Journey with WDR Big Band and Nduduzo Makhathini 
Music: WRVR-FM JAZZ RADIO | 8/1978 
Part 3. – Miles Davis and the Evolution of Jazz Fusion from Classical Roots 
Part 2. — How the Modern Jazz Quartet Blended Jazz and Classical Music to Create Something Timeless 
Part I. Blending Jazz and Classical Music: Schuller, Davis, and MJQ 
Introducing the Series: Jazz at the Crossroads of Innovation 
🎉 Happy Birthday to the Legendary James Mtume! 🎶 
February 26: Sidney Poitier 
February 25: Paul Robeson 
February 6: Lorraine Hansberry 
George C. Wolfe: Shaping American Theater with Unapologetic Truth 
James Augustus Van Der Zee — Harlem Renaissance Historian 
February 4: Augusta Savage 
February 1: Jacob Lawrence 
✨ Sneak Peek Alert! ✨— Jacob Lawrence 
Rapping with the Artists
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Rapping with the Artists
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Pastor Dewey Smith’s critical discussion on Homosexuality
“And God said to me ‘here is the problem, you guys in the church can be so hypocritical, ” he continued, “the African-American church you... Read More
The African American Father
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June 23, 2020, 3pm
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WPA Virtual Dance Commissions
Premiered Sunday, June 14, 2020 — Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim. …it’s okay too. Feel by Hope Boykin, Dancers: Savannah Green and... Read More
Abolitionist teaching and the future of our schools
Tuesday, June 23 | 5 PM (EDT) — Brian Jones, associate director of Education at Schomburg Center, and Professor Bettina Love, author of We Want to Do More Than Survive, join Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, associate professor of Language and Literacy at Georgia State University, and Dr. Dena Simmons, assistant director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.... Read More
Schomburg Center’s Black Liberation Reading List
In honor of Schomburg Center's 95th anniversary, curators, archivists, and staff members organized a list of 95 books that foster and celebrate a better understanding of the Black experience.... Read More
JUNETEENTH is creating legacy in contested places
Friday, June 19 | 2 PM — Join the Schomburg Center online for an afternoon of music, conversation, and reflection. Chef and historian Therese Nelson, Dr. Andrea Roberts, founder of Texas Freedom Colonies Project, and chef and TV personality Carla Hall, author of Carla’s Comfort Food: Favorite Dishes from Around the World,... Read More