NY J01433

Honors Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874-1938), a Puerto Rican-born historian, writer, curator, and activist who relocated to New York City in 1891 at age 17

Recognizes Schomburg as a vital intellectual figure of the Harlem Renaissance who co-founded the Negro Society for Historical Research and authored influential essays challenging racist scholarship

Acknowledges that Schomburg's personal collection of books, manuscripts, art, and historical materials became the foundation of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, now one of the world's leading repositories for Black history

Honors his lifelong work documenting and preserving the global contributions of people of African descent across the African diaspora

Directs that an engrossed copy of the resolution be transmitted to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture