Concerts from the Library of Congress continue a major, 18-month centennial celebration in the 2024-2025 season.
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The Ed Sullivan Show’s YouTube Channel Spotlights Jazz Greats From Harlem To Harare
The Ed Sullivan Show’s official YouTube channel continues to feature full segments from across the entertainment spectrum, focusing on jazz appreciation throughout April 2021.Continue reading
Library Of Congress: Ralph Ellison’s “Juneteenth”
The following guest post was written by Barbara Bair, curator of literature, culture and the arts in the Library’s Manuscript Division for the Library of Congress.Continue reading
Library Of Congress Acquires Nearly 100,000 Images By Harlem Photographer Shawn Walker
It’s Halloween in Harlem, sometime in the 1970s. Five children stand in a shadowed doorway: Mickey Mouse and a little monster pose at the top of the steps, while Superman is already on the move toward the next house.Continue reading
HW Pick: Historical Newspapers Edited By Frederick Douglass Now Online
Newspapers edited by Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery in 1838 and became a voice for abolitionists as a journalist, orator, and author, have been digitized and are now available online from the Library of Congress.Continue reading
Library Of Congress Acquires Archive Of Harlem’s Billy “Take the ‘A’ Train” Strayhorn
The Library of Congress announced today that it has acquired the original manuscripts documenting the work of composer, arranger and pianist Billy Strayhorn. Continue reading
HW Pick: The Rosa Parks Collection At The Library Of Congress
The Rosa Parks Collection at the Library of Congress has been digitized and is now online. The collection, which contains approximately 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs, is on loan to the Library for 10 years from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. Continue reading
Harlem Fave Sinatra At 100 At Symphony Space
Even though Frank Sinatra was not a Harlemite he visited Harlem often, eating pizza at Patsy's, he hung out at Sugar Ray Robinson's Eatery on 136th Street, danced with Harlemite Alice Barker and much more.Continue reading
