The New Deal-era photographs in Claiming Citizenship illustrate a number of ways that African Americans took opportunities opened up by the New Deal to claim their status as citizens, in some ways laying foundations for the Civil Rights Movement. The exhibition—curated by Rickie Solinger—also explores (implicitly and explicitly) the constituent elements of "citizenship.”
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100: A Century of Collections, Community, and Creativity
May 8, 2025–June 30, 2026Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture100: A Century of Collections, Community, and Creativity will explore the Schomburg Center’s history through the prism of place,…
