African American Studies at Beinecke Library

Collections, events, and news from the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American Arts and Letters.
  • New Beinecke Library Shelving Facility

    May 19, 2009

  • New Hours at Beinekce Library

    May 6, 2009

    New Reading Room Hours, Effective June 1, 2009 Mondays – Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Fridays 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. New Exhibition Gallery Hours, Effective...
  • New Exhibition: Living Portraits

    April 17, 2009

  • Cabinet of (Poetry) Curiosities

    April 4, 2009

    In honor of National Poetry Month , throughout April the Beinecke Library’s Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities will feature poetry-related collection...
  • R. A. Adams Papers

    March 12, 2009

  • New Langston Hughes Poems

    February 12, 2009

  • In Memoriam

    January 7, 2009

    Eartha Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008), photographed by Carl Van Vechten on October 19, 1954. Additional images of Eartha Kitt are available in the...
  • Ella Barksdale Brown Papers

    December 3, 2008