Schomburg Center : Junior Scholars Program
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The legendary James Brown said, “Got To Have It – Soul Power” and the New York Life/Schomburg Center Junior Scholars invite youth ages eleven to seventeen to ‘get it’ at the annual youth summit, on Saturday, May 6, 2006.
Junior Scholars are taking over the airwaves! Hear the work of the Radio Schomburg crew on their newly-launched audio blog. Syracuse University (SU) and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture have announced an exciting relationship, one that will offer tuition scholarships to admissible Junior Scholars!
In December 2005 Junior Scholars launched their individual portfolios by selecting a research topic that appealed to his/her own individual interests.
From November through January, the Junior Scholars visited the Slavery in New York exhibit, at The New-York Historical Society, which explores the vital roles enslaved labor and the slave trade played in making New York one of the wealthiest cities in the world.
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Empowering Our Youth With The Knowledge Of Their African Cultural Heritage, The Black Experience In America, and African Diasporan HistoryThe Junior Scholars Program, now in its fifth year, is a Saturday school geared toward students of African descent throughout the New York Metropolitan area. Its primary goal is to ground young people in the histories and cultures of people throughout the African Diaspora. The program recruits youth between the ages of 11 and 17 for an intensive, 26-week, series of Saturday sessions, from 10am-3pm, designed to prepare them for intellectual and entrepreneurial careers. Junior Scholars gain access to extensive resources at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture—Where Every Month Is Black History Month. It is expected that Junior Scholars will expand their knowledge of who they are as intellectual and artistic beings and will continue on the path prepared by their prolific and trailblazing ancestors. “The mission of The New York Life/Schomburg Center Junior Scholars Program is to empower young black minds for optimal educational achievement and social and professional success.”—Howard Dodson, Schomburg Center Director |