A group of schoolchildren visiting the Schomburg Center in the 1940s. Catherine Latimer, standing behind them, had been hired in the 1920s as the New York Public Library’s first Black librarian.

Korey Wise, one of the exonerated members of the Central Park Five, returned to Schomburg Plaza to help out with a school supply giveaway. Friends of Public Schools Harlem hosted the event, with ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country — and its most devoted supporters say not enough people know about it. The Schomburg Center for Research ...