EditorialTwo 19th-century bronze busts donated by the Afro-Latino bibliophile Arturo Schomburg, whose personal library became the core of its Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, part of "Treasures," a permanent exhibition at the New York Public Library's flagship branch, Dec. 20, 2021. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)
EditorialTwo 19th-century bronze busts donated by the Afro-Latino bibliophile Arturo Schomburg, whose personal library became the core of its Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, part of "Treasures," a permanent exhibition at the New York Public Library's flagship branch, Dec. 20, 2021. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Schomburg Center, with the public library designed by Charles McKim at the left, in New York, Aug. 13, 2020. (DeSean McClinton-Holland/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Schomburg Center, with the public library designed by Charles McKim at the left, in New York, Aug. 13, 2020. (DeSean McClinton-Holland/The New York Times)
EditorialArtwork, letters and flowers left by mourners at a makeshift memorial to George Floyd outside the Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture in Harlem on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialMaterials that are part of the vast archive of Harry Belafonte, which have been acquired by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in New York, Feb. 21, 2020. (James Estrin/The New York Times)