Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture National Historic Landmark Nomination
Casper A. 2016. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture National Historic Landmark Nomination. National Historic Landmark Nominations. 100000798_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This document is the National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination for Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York, New York. The NHL nomination for Schomburg Center documents its national significance under NHL Criteria 1, 2, and 3, Criteria Exception 8 for founder Alfonso Schomburg and as an institution begun during the Harlem Renaissance that promoted and presented the idea of the African Diaspora as a model to study history and culture from a transnational perspective. The period of national significance is 1926-1991.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Casper, Amanda
- Date of Issue
- 2016-12-23
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- African diaspora, Civil Rights, Harlem Renaissance, library, National Historic Landmark, New York