This exhibition, a companion to the Schomburg Center's four-color illustrated history of the same name (published by National Geographic), documents the courageous and innovative ways that enslaved Africans developed their own unique culture in the midst of slavery, and examines how that culture developed and flourished through the years after emancipation to the turn of the century.

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    February 22, 2025–February 21, 2026
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

    This exhibition will survey 100 years of life at The New Yorker, bringing to life the people, stories, and ideas…