Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

I think this was pretty awesome. I do feel a kind of way about him telling his children that they will not speak Spanish because they are American. It felt a bit contrarian. One, the United States has never had an official language and Two, Puerto Ricans have the right to be proud too.

I think it was amazing that this man did everything possible to find people of African decent to showcase so that other people of African decent could brag on. Amazing and inspirational.

I too know how painful it is to lose all your educational records in a fire. My mom had to jump through major hoops to show she too was a graduate and this was in the late 80's. I can only imagine the hopelessness one might feel back in the late 1800's early 1900's.