Schomburg : the man who built a library
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Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.
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Published
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.
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Book
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1 volume (unpaged) : color ; 31 cm
Language
English

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In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children's literature's top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg's quest to correct history. 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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Weatherford, C. B. (2017). Schomburg: the man who built a library (First edition.). Candlewick Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-. 2017. Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library. Candlewick Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-. Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library Candlewick Press, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Weatherford, Carole Boston. Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library First edition., Candlewick Press, 2017.

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