Black New Yorkers and the Fight for the African Burial Ground from the Colonial Period to the Present
By Christopher D. E. Willoughby In the process of constructing a new federal building in lower Manhattan in 1991, archaeologists…
By Christopher D. E. Willoughby In the process of constructing a new federal building in lower Manhattan in 1991, archaeologists…
2019 Lapidus Center Conference Enduring Slavery: Resistance, Public Memory, and Transatlantic Archives The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of…
The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery is delighted to announce that Dr. Tamara J. Walker is…
The Lapidus Center offers two long-term fellowships to assist scholars whose research on transatlantic slavery can benefit from extended access…
2018 Harriet Tubman Prize Finalists The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery is pleased to announce the…
The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery is pleased to announce the fourth annual Harriet Tubman Prize,…
Michelle Commander joined the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture as Associate Director and Curator of the Lapidus Center…
After sixteen years at the Schomburg Center and three years as inaugural director of the Lapidus Center, I am retiring.…
“The eyes” said the artist Questlove as he stared at the photo of his ancestor Charlie Lewis. “We have the…
Congratulations to UConn Professor and Lapidus Center Advisor Manisha Sinha, winner of the 2017 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for her…