MLK Day: Schomburg Center's Director Joy Bivins

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 14, 2022

Joy Bivins, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, talks about first year leading the Center, also to catch the final week of their Subversion & The Art of Slavery Abolition exhibition and discusses the collection originated by Arturo Schomburg with it's value in teaching Black history. 

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