Schomburg Library (1987) – Jacob Lawrence

Schomburg Library is the first visual art I’ve seen depicting black and brown people poring over books, and it was love at first sight when I saw it during a visit to the Norton Museum of Art. My favorite characters in Schomburg Library are two (presumably) men. Specifically, the one hunched over and hugging what… Continue reading Schomburg Library (1987) – Jacob Lawrence