About Arturo

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, (January 24, 1874 – June 8, 1938), was a Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist who researched and raised awareness of great contributions that Afro-Latin Americans and Afro-Americans have made to society. He was an important intellectual figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He was an important intellectual figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Over the years, he collected literature, art, slave narratives, and other materials of African history, which was purchased to become the basis of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, named in his honor, at the New York Public Library (NYPL) branch in Harlem.