The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a new exhibition titled "100 - A Century of Collections, Community and Creativity." This exhibition will showcase an array of artifacts from its vast repository, which includes over 11 million pieces of African American history. Director Joy Bivins emphasized the significance of the center's legacy and the importance of art in understanding Black history, as well as unique installations, like murals by Aaron Douglas, that will be unveiled to the public on May 8.
For the first time ever, viewers can be up close and personal with murals by artist Aaron Douglas created specifically for the Schomburg Center. "They are icons of our collections, but they're also really important to the study of Black art history," Bivins said.
Schomburg Center Director Joy Bivins said, "This is who we are. This is who we have been for 100 years, and this exhibition really celebrates that."
The Schomburg Center is also introducing a commemorative 100 year library card featuring the cosmogram, a piece of art installed in the floor. Beneath the cosmogram is the grave of poet Langston Hughes.
Bivins remarked, "We emerge from a moment when it's not thought that there is Black history, and all of these things stand in as evidence that that is a falsehood."
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