ARTHUR SCHOMBURG WAS BORN IN PUERTO RICO,MOVED TO BROOKLYN IN 1891 WERE A TEACHER TOLD HIM THAT BLACKS HAD NO HISTORY.SCHOMBURG WENT ON TO PROVE THE TEACHER WRONG BY COLLECTING BOOKS ON BLACK HISTORY.BY 1926 HE HAD COLLECTED OVER 10,000 OBJECTS WHICH IS NOW THE CORE OF THE SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE HOUSED IN HARLEM.DON'T EVER TELL A BROOKLYN KID HE HAS NO HISTORY.HE SHOWED EM.
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