In the Parlors of Black Bibliophiles: How Arturo Schomburg Built a Library and Made History
Culture Index
Score Breakdown
Relevance
3/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
9/15
Depth
3/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
They were “Damned Old Fools on Books.” That’s what the Philadelphia bibliophile William Carl Bolivar told Arturo Schomburg, his younger counterpart in New York, as the two men exchanged book lists, shared tips on where to hunt down rare titles,

