biography
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Schomburg, Arthur A(lonzo)
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pronunciation:
[shomboorg]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1874–1938)
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| biography:
| Scholar, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA. Of African descent, he studied in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Is. He went to New York City (1891) and worked as a clerk in the Bankers Trust Co. Incensed and inspired by a former teacher's comment that the Negro people had ‘no history’, he formed the division of Negro Literature History and Prints at the Harlem 135th Street Branch Library (1925). At the request of the Urban League, the Carnegie Corp purchased the collections in 1926 and he remained as curator until his death. His collections form the basis for a comprehensive library of information on African-Americans. |
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