A week long professional development series for teachers from kindergarten to college.

Join hundreds of educators and scholars for lectures, interactive workshops, curriculum labs, curator talks and community walks that explore the history and cultures of African Americans and African peoples throughout the Diaspora.  Educators will gain content knowledge and learn inquiry-based approaches to teaching.

This year’s themes include:

• Freedom Summer 1964
• American Maroons and Resistance to Slavery
• The Motown Sound: A Voice for Freedom
• The History of Education in New York City
• Book Arts and the African American Experience
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Hip-Hop History
• Abolitionism in Brooklyn;

When: Monday-Friday, July 14-18, 2024

Registration Fees*: 
General: $500/week ; or $125 per day.
College Students & Seniors (age 62 and up):  $400/week ; or $100 per day.

Click here to access the registration form.

Payment Options:
1.  Check or money orders: Made payable to: Schomburg Center/The New York Public Library;
2.  Purchase Orders: Schomburg Center/NYPL's  NYCDOE Vendor ID#13-188744001;
3.  Credit Cards:  Pay ONLINE at www.schomburgcenter.showclix.com; or FAX the registration  form to (212) 491-2011;
4.  Walk-ins:  Payments accepted on-site at the Schomburg Gift Shop.