LibGuides: E3 Modernism: Arturo Alfonso Schomberg

Literary Criticism

Schomburg Criticism: Puerto Rican Socio Political Activism from Afro-Centric Perspective
Arturo Schomburg was a black Puerto Rican and a pioneer of the Africa-centered tradition. The author of the article reviews the life and work of Schomburg and examines his perspective on the central role of Africa and its descendants in the history of the world, giving voice to Afro-descendants' quest to preserve their culture wherever they are.
Vested in the Anonymous Thousands Arthur A. Schomburg as Decolonizing Historian
Schomburg anticipates the move among later generations of African American and Caribbean intellectuals to create new cultural institutions and closer ties to everyday people as primary tasks of decolonization.

Meehan, Kevin. "Vested in the Anonymous Thousands Arthur A. Schomburg as Decolonizing Historian." People Get Ready : African American and Caribbean Cultural Exchange, University Press of
Mississippi, 2009. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bishopodowd-ebooks/detail.action?docID=515630

New York Public Library: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, one of The New York Public Library’s renowned research libraries, is a world-leading cultural institution devoted to the research, preservation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diaspora, and African experiences.
NPR: One of the Fathers of Black History Was Afro-Puerto Rican
Schomburg was a Puerto Rican-born Black historian living in New York City at the time of the Harlem Renaissance. He arrived to the city from San Juan, Puerto Rico at the age of 17 in 1891, and from the get go, he began to navigate being Black and Latino in the United States.

Includes an audio clip from NPR and a video clip "Schomburg Founder Arturo Alfonso Schomburg in Our Original Reading Room"
2015 Puerto Rican Day Parade Honored Arturo Schomburg
In 2015, the Puerto Rican Day Parade honored Arturo Schomburg. Watch parade director Orlando Plaza, former Schomburg Center director Khalil Gibran Muhammad, and Schomburg's great-granddaughter Aysha discuss his life and legacy in a video made for the occasion.