Andrews started as a librarian at NYPL’s 135th Street branch during the Harlem Renaissance and created a place for community gathering, exploration and learning, also carving out space for ...

Also known as the New Negro Movement, the Harlem Renaissance was a movement of the 1920s and '30s that sought to redefine Black identity through literature, music, painting, photography, and ...

Outside the Washington Heights branch of the New York Public Library in Manhattan stands a metal post topped with an unassuming blue plaque bearing golden letters — ...