Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 86 years ago |
Date of birth | January 24,1874 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Santurce |
San Juan | |
Puerto Rico | |
Date of died | June 10,1938 |
Died | Brooklyn |
New York | |
United States | |
Place of burial | Cypress Hills Cemetery, New York City, New York, United States |
Movement | Harlem Renaissance |
Nationality | American |
Puerto Rican | |
Job | Writer |
Historian | |
Books | Racial Integrity: A Plea for the Establishment of a Chair of Negro History in Our Schools and Colleges, Etc |
Arthur A. Schomburg: A Puerto Rican's Quest for His Black Heritage | |
Dictionary Catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History | |
The Negro: A Selected Bibliography | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 599955 |
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Life story
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, was a historian, writer, collector, and activist. Schomburg was a Puerto Rican of African and German descent. He moved to the United States in 1891, where he researched and raised awareness of the contributions that Afro-Latin Americans and African Americans have made to society.