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Charity C. Elder - Power: The Rise of Black Women in America
To mark Black History Month at Roosevelt House, Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President, cordially invites you to attend a discussion of the book Power: The Rise of Black Women in America—How Black Women Embody the American Dream, Defy Oppression, and Win, co-presented by the Hunter College Department of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies. […]
Bresi Lecture Series - Professor Benjamin Talton
In honor of Black History Month, the Department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies at Hunter College presents The Bresi Lecture Series with Professor Benjamin Talton, with a special topic "on nonviolence and its limits for the African Revolution." Dr. Talton is a historian, teacher, and award-winning author. His research and writing explore histories of […]
Andrew Meier - Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the acclaimed new book Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty by Andrew Meier. Spanning four generations, Morgenthau offers a panoramic account of one exceptional family across more than 150 years of U.S. and world history. The sweeping portrait reveals their power and […]
Library & Archives Lunch Hour: The Shared Journey of CENTRO and the Schomburg
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a research library dedicated to the collection and preservation of Black life in America and a partner of CENTRO. It's founder, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, was an Afro-Puerto Rican determined to uplift our stories. Nearly 100 years later, we have the Schomburg and CENTRO, who's collections ensure […]
Stars and Shadows: The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama
To mark Black history month, Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book Stars and Shadows: The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama by Rutgers University professor of political science Saladin Ambar. The first historical analysis of its kind, Stars and Shadows delivers a sweeping and comprehensive exploration of the significance of interracial friendships […]
La Meriendita: Vicki and a Summer of Change
A new in-person series in celebration of our 50th Anniversary! Join us once a month on Saturday afternoons at our Evelina Antonetty Reading Room in the CENTRO Library & Archives for La Meriendita, a story hour dedicated to children's books. This month's story hour book is Vicki and a Summer of Change! (¡Y un verano de cambio!) […]