African American Studies at Beinecke Library

Collections, events, and news from the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American Arts and Letters.

  • Golden Legacy Illustrated Magazine

    October 17, 2007

    The Beinecke Library has acquired a rare group of illustrated history magazines devoted to important figures and events in African American history. Published...

  • Documenting Slavery

    September 20, 2007

    NEW Exhibition Netcast: Exhibition highlights by the curator ( MP3 ) In honor of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade, the...

  • Poetry Reading: Yusef Komunyakaa

    September 10, 2007

    Please join us for a poetry reading by Yusef Komunyakaa on Thursday, September 20, 4 pm. This event is free and open to the public. The Beinecke Library is...

  • Whitesboro, N.J.

    August 17, 2007

    The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection has acquired a small collection of sales materials for properties in Whitesboro, a black-owned community near Cape...

  • Owen Dodson Papers

    August 6, 2007

    Owen Dodson was a poet, playwright, and director; he was also an influential teacher at Howard University and a leader in the African American theater...

  • Color Portraits by Carl Van Vechten

    July 24, 2007

    A new digital initiative at the Beinecke Library will scan several thousand color slides of portraits of notable African Americans by photographer Carl Van...

  • Call for Papers: Photographic Proofs

    July 11, 2007

    Photographic Proofs, A Graduate Student Conference “A photograph passes for incontrovertible proof that a given thing happened. The picture may distort; but...

  • Joel E. Spingarn Collection

    June 23, 2007

    Joel Spingarn was an educator and writer who published works of literary criticism and collections of his own poetry. He is most well-known for his involvement...

  • African American Magician Fetaque Sanders

    May 30, 2007

    A small archive of materials documenting the career of African American Magician Fetaque Sanders, including broadsides, posters, and flyers. Sanders (1915-1992...