The Schomburg Center for Research and Black Culture has grown to a collection of more than 11 million items, and overseeing it all are 13 directors, curators and archivists, all of whom are women. KJohnsonOnAir spoke to some of them.
-- Nearly a century ago, Arturo Schomburg founded the Schomburg Center for Research and Black Culture with his initial gift of more than 10,000 items.
"We are actually part of a very long legacy of women leadership in terms of librarianship, and at the Schomburg Center, our namesake for our division is the great Jean Blackwell Hutson, who was a really pioneering African American librarian," said Rhonda Evans, the assistant chief librarian of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division.Evans works alongside Maira Liriano, the associate chief librarian.
Tammi Lawson, curator of the art and artifacts division, has been here for 30 years. She says she's inspired by those who've come before her, as well as the opportunity to expand the profile of women artists represented there, such as Augusta Savage. A recording of Hansberry, along with just about everything at Schomburg, is available free to the public to explore.
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