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| De: princesadepuertorico (Mensaje original) |
Enviado: 13/11/2005 05:31 |
Arthur 'Afroborinqueño' Schomburg 
Arthur A. Schomburg was born January 24, 1874 in Puerto Rico to a German father and a West Indian mother. He spent most of his childhood in Puerto Rico. He attended St. Thomas College in the Virgin Islands and immigrated to the United States in 1891 where he began to work at a New York City Law office. While in New York, he began to collect literary works and visual art by and about people of the African decent. In 1911, Arthur and John E. Bruce founded the Negro Society for Historical Research as a base from which to publish black articles. In 1922, Schomburg was elected President of the American Negro Academy. He not only collected works by others but produces essays himself which later on went to be published. His collection of books, manuscripts and artifacts were invaluable resources and inspiration to both historian and Harlem Renaissance artists. Through his collections of art and literature by people of the African decent, Arthur sought to disprove the pseudo-scientific racism of the day. The Carnegie Corporation purchased his collection in 1926 and donated it to the Negro Division of New York Public Library where Arthur became a curator until his death in 1938. In 1940, two years after his death, the collection was renamed as Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History and has since been renamed Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Arthur's Library is the largest and most important collection of African-American art, literature and history in the world. |
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De: princessdepuertorico |
Enviado: 14/11/2005 06:17 |
 | Arthur Alfonso Schomburg (1874-1938)
bibliophile, historian, writer, collector, curator | Dr. Schomburg was a valued contributor to the Review -- his last article having appeared in our May issue. Modest and retiring in manner, he was outstanding in a field he knew to be of great importance to his race. Born in Puerto Rico, he began early to take an active interest in Negro literature and art. While engaged in various occupations he painstakingly assembled a collection of rare manuscripts, first editions and prints, some of which went back to the earliest settlements on the American continents. In 1926, his collection, then considered one of the most complete of its kind, was purchased by the Carnegie Foundation and presented to the Public Library. In 1927, he won a bronze medal and one hundred dollars from the Harmon Foundation for outstanding work in the field of education. His work was important in that he preserved for his race and abundance of historic material which furnishes the kind of inspiration that serves any people as a spur to advancement. |
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De: dantatli |
Enviado: 22/11/2005 07:51 |
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg
1874-1938 In response to a teacher's remark that blacks had no history, Arthur Schomburg began lifelong research on the subject and produced one of the world's most extensive collections of books, periodicals, photographs, and historical documents by and about blacks. Now housed in Harlem, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is recognized internationally as a leading institution in its field. Born in Puerto Rico, Schomburg moved to New York at age 17 where he put his research skills to work at a law firm and subsequently began a long and successful career at Banker's Trust Company. He continued his passion for researching black history and culture, and in 1911 co-founded the Negro Society for Historical Research Schomburg traveled to Europe and the Caribbean to collect historical facts and documents. He also uncovered many treasures in the United States, including a portrait of black astronomer and mathematician Benjamin Banneker, who helped lay out the blueprint for the development of Washington, D.C., and a manuscript by Lemuel Haynes, the black pastor of a white New England church. Schomburg, who authored several articles about the black experience, also compiled the first collection of Phillis Wheatley's poems. In 1926 a $10,000 grant by the Carnegie Corporation enabled the New York Public Library to acquire Schomburg's extensive collection. In 1928 he received the William E. Harmon Award for distinguished achievement. Schomburg was named curator of the library's division of Negro Literature, History and Prints in 1932. After his death, the division was renamed the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History. In 1972 it became the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research division of the New York Public Library. |
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De: princessfromcanovanas |
Enviado: 30/11/2005 02:00 |
Victor Pellot  (Nov.1, 1927) born in the City of Arecibo, Puerto Rico was the second black Puerto Rican to play in the Majors and the first Puerto Rican to play for the American Leagues. He is considered by many to be the greatest first baseman to have been born in Puerto Rico. Pellot was the second child in a family of six. His father died when he was only thirteen (13) years old. This turned out to be an ironic event in his life because Pellot's father didn't want him to play baseball and would punish him if he caught him doing so. Now that his father passed away, Pellot was able to play the game he loved. His mother moved to the City of Caguas where he went to school and graduated from the Jose Gautier Benitez High School. In 1946 Pellot started to practice with a local baseball team called "Los Senadores de San Juan" (The Senators of San Juan) where he learned many of his baseball skills. He was later invited to play for "Los Criollos de Caguas" where he was spotted by a "Yankees" Baseball scout. In 1949 , he left for the City of Chicago and was sent to play for a team in Drummonville. In 1951, Pellot was signed by the Yankees but, he was sent to "Syracuse" to play in Triple A. In 1953 even though he was the minors batting champion, he was not invited to the Yankees Spring Training Camp. If the Yankees wouldn't have picked Elston Howard over him, Pellot would've been the first black and Puerto Rican to have been a Yankee. Many Blacks and Puerto Ricans protested in front of the "Yankee Stadium" in what they believed was a racially motivated decision. In 1954, he was recluted by the Philadelphia A's and thus bacame the first Puerto Rican to play for that team. Pellot suffered because of the racial discrimination which was so rampant in the nation at that time. He couldn't even stay with the rest of the team at the same hotels nor was he allowed to eat at the same restuarants. The Philadelphia A'S team moved to Kansas City, where Pellot came in second place as batting champion in 1955. he was then sent to Cleveland where he played for 4 years. In the year 2000, Cleveland honored Pellot by declaring him to be among its 100 all-time greatest players. Since it was hard for the sports newscasters to pronouce his last name "Pellot", Victor decided to use his mother's maiden surname "Power". He then became known as "Vic Power". Many Puerto Ricans at first falsely thought that Pellot was ashamed of using his "hispanic" surname and accused him of using an American sounding name for his own self advantage, this however, was not the case. He was also, often critized by the press and his peers for fielding the ball using only one hand instead of using both hands. However, this was to become his trade mark. Before retiring, Pellot won 7 Golden Gloves and played in 7 All-Star Games. He was also voted the Minnisota Twins M.V.P in 1962. He has the record of having made one or more asists in 16 consecutive games. He shares the record of making 2 double plays in one game and he is one of 11 players to steal base twice in one game. He also shares the record of being asist leader for 6 years in a row and of double plays in a game. Victor Pellot started his baseball career in 1954 with the Philadelphia A's and ended it in 1965 with the California Angels. Among the numbers put up by Pellot are the following totals: 1,716 Hits, 126 Home Runs and he was only struck out 247 times out of 6,046 at Bats. Today, Victor Pellot lives in the City of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. The City Built a ballpark, and named it after Pellot, which can be seen from the window of his apartment. During the months of summer, he likes to help the youngters of the community in their sports skills development. He believes that many of todays youth will stay away from trouble and will have the chance to enter college on sports scolarships. Victor Pellot Power is considered by many to be one of Puerto Rico's greatest baseball players and a living legend. Muere el ex pelotero Víctor Pellot Power BAYAMÓN.- Víctor Pellot Power, una de las leyendas del béisbol profesional latinoamericano, falleció hoy en el hospital San Pablo de Bayamón, informaron sus familiares. Tenía 78 años de edad. Su hermana Carmen indicó que Pellot Power falleció víctima del cáncer, que le inició en la próstata y después se reflejó en otros órganos. "Víctor murió a las 7:40 de la mañana del martes", dijo su hermana. Pellot Power, nacido en el pueblo costero de Arecibo, libró una recia lucha por su vida tras contraer cáncer, pero la enfermedad lo abatió finalmente. El estelar inicialista ganó siete guantes de oro en las Grandes Ligas y dos campeonatos de bateo en la Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico. "Ha sido el único pelotero que ha ganado campeonatos de bateo en Puerto Rico jugando en posiciones distintas", dijo Jorge Colón, historiador de la pelota local. "Uno como inicialista y otro jugando en la antesala", agregó. Ambos títulos de bateo los obtuvo con los Criollos de Caguas, novena de la que también fue manager. Debutó en Grandes Ligas en 1954 con los Atléticos de Filadelfia y, posteriormente, jugó con Cleveland, Minnesota y los Angelinos de California. Participó durante 12 años en grandes ligas y junto al lanzador Luis "Tite" Arroyo fueron los primeros puertorriqueños en participar un el Juego de Estrellas del béisbol de las mayores, hecho ocurrido el 1955 en Milwaukee. |
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