African American Review Special Schomburg Issue

6.11.21 | Faculty , Awards and Notables

This special issue of African American Review remembers, recharges, and reimagines the legacy of Afro-Borinqueno visionary Arturo Alfonso Schomburg. Guest edited by Rafia Zafar and Laura E. Helton, it features essays by Margarita M. Castroman Soto, Adalaine Holton, Frances Negron-Muntaner, Lisa Sanchez Gonzalez, and Vaness K. Valdes; a roundtable with Melanie Chambliss, Brent Hayes Edwards, and Alexsandra Mitchell; and insights into Schomburg's collection from Miranda Mims, Alice Adamczyk, and Matthew Murphy. These scholars, librarians, and archivists bring together the fields of African American and Puerto Rican studies to celebrate the life and work of the Black archive's diasporic avatar.

in the news:

12.22.25 | St. Louis Public Radio

Wash U offers Black studies workshop to teach educators about St. Louis' Black history

12.22.25 | The Source

African American Studies Teachers Summer Institute connects high school teachers to WashU experts, resources

12.22.25 | The Ampersand

How the AFAS Summer Institute is inspiring local high school teachers

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African American Review Special Schomburg Issue

African American Review Special Schomburg Issue

in the news:

Wash U offers Black studies workshop to teach educators about St. Louis' Black history

African American Studies Teachers Summer Institute connects high school teachers to WashU experts, resources

How the AFAS Summer Institute is inspiring local high school teachers

Purdy Receives Excellence in Teaching Award