The Black Book Collector's Significance
"African American bookstores and bibliophiles (book lovers) have played an integral part in black intellectual life. The early bibliophiles often became booksellers as well, and their collections formed the nucleus of many of the outstanding special black collections in libraries, particularly those in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)."
-- from The Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture, "Books and Bibliophiles" by Dr. Jesse Carney Smith
Web Resource
Catalogue of Rare Books on Slavery and Negro Authors, by Robert M. Adger
Watch
"Mayme Clayton, Americans in Focus," February 2008. Narrated by Avery Clayton. Produced by Beezley Films, Inc.
Clippings Files
Books
Rare Afro-Americana: a reconstruction of the Adger Library by Call Number: Sc E 81-191ISBN: 0816181756Publication Date: 1981-06-01
Richard B. Moore bibliophile, activist, son of Barbados : a story of the road to independence by Call Number: Sc D 17-762ISBN: 9781574781489Publication Date: 2016
Diasporic Blackness: the life and times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg by Call Number: Sc E 17-522ISBN: 9781438465135Publication Date: 2017-04-01Damn Rare : the memoirs of an African-American bibliophile by
Call Number: Sc E 98-1634ISBN: 1892697009Publication Date: 1998-09-01- Dorothy Porter Wesley (1905-1995): Afro-American librarian and bibliophile by Call Number: Sc D 01-942ISBN: 0967885825Publication Date: 2001-02-01
- Black Bibliophiles and Collectors: preservers of Black history by Call Number: Sc 026-BISBN: 0882580310Publication Date: 1990-06-01
Schomburg: the man who built a library by Call Number: Sc +G 17-131ISBN: 9780763680466Publication Date: 2017-09-12
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg: Black bibliophile & collector: a biography by Call Number: Sc E 93-98ISBN: 0814321577Publication Date: 1989-02-01
Paying Homage: Arthur A. Schomburg, a distinguished Black bibliophile and historian by Call Number: Sc F 11-632ISBN: 9781456600525Publication Date: 2016-05-14
The Book Collecting Practices of Black Magazine Editors by Call Number: Sc D 14-1598ISBN: 9781936117635Publication Date: 2014-04-01
How to Create Your Own African American Library by Call Number: Sc D 04-127ISBN: 0345452283Publication Date: 2003-11-04- Catalog of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection by ISBN: 0877227497Publication Date: 1991-01-01
