Found 3 collections related to African American children -- New York (State) -- New York

Dinkins, Joyce, 1930-
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 543
0.21 linear feet (1 box)
Joyce Dinkins, wife of New York City's first African-American mayor, David Dinkins, founded the "Reading is Recreation" program (1991), a citywide literacy program for school children. The collection consists of three scrapbooks containing... more
Key Women of America, Inc
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 252
1.0 linear feet (1 box)
The Key Women of America was founded by Bertha Nelms Harris in 1954, initially to assist in securing foster and adoptive homes for homeless children in New York City. Later it became involved in many other community projects through its national... more
Howard Memorial Fund (New York, N.Y.)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 126
17.67 linear feet (22 boxes)
The Howard Orphanage and Industrial School was a Black-run orphanage founded in 1868 located first in Brooklyn, then Long Island. It closed in 1918.The Howard Orphanage and Industrial School records consist principally of administrative records... more