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 […]
Please join us in the Roosevelt House Auditorium Wednesday, February 8 at 2:30PM – 3:30PM for our event, “Memphis, Police Accountability, and How We Can Advocate for Change!” as we bring together our Hunter community with human rights and public policy experts for an open forum to discuss the tragic and senseless murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands […]
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 […]
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!) […]
Tuesday classes follow a Monday schedule. See more Key Dates in the Academic Calendar link below.
Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies Initiative Revisiting the Village Scene: Lorraine Hansberry the Organizer Presented by Professor Soyica Colbert (Georgetown University). Soyica Diggs Colbert is the Idol Family Professor of African American Studies and Performing Arts at Georgetown University. Colbert’s publications include Theory for Theatre Studies: Bodies (2021), and Black Movements: Performance and Cultural Politics […]
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program with the New Yorkers for Equality Model invite you to attend "A Vision for Justice and Equality." The New York Premiere of the short film “Can Oppression be Liberation?” is a 30-minute film featuring three generations of Black women who share their lived experiences and solutions for justice as […]
In 2022, the Supreme Court decided some of the most consequential rights cases impacting LGBTQ rights in the country’s history — These include Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which overturned Roe v. Wade and has potential implications for cases that recognize a constitutional right to same-sex marriage and sexual freedom. This year, the Court is poised to decide […]
Roosevelt House and Living New Deal’s NYC Chapter are pleased to present an expert roundtable to explore how federal policy initiatives can spur revitalization of regional agriculture, better conditions for farm and food-processing workers, more equitable food distribution, and improved nutrition for all Americans — measures that recall successful New Deal programs. The trauma of […]
Laura Kasischke is the author of nine collections of poetry and seven novels. Kasischke was awarded the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry for Space, In Chains. Her work has received the Juniper Prize, the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America, the Pushcart Prize, the Elmer Holmes Bobst […]
