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Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints opens (1925)

CTL-E-4814 · Event · founding · 1925

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The Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints — forerunner of the Schomburg Center — opened in 1925 as a special collection of the 135th Street Branch Library to meet the needs of a changing Harlem community.

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RELP111 supporting event; events.json CTL-EVT-023904.

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