Throughout the walking tour, I felt honored to be walking on the same streets as historic figures. Here is a video of my thoughts on the tour.
Category: Field Trips (Met, Schomburg, Harlem)
Walking in their Footsteps: Harlem Walking Tour
Firstly, I am so grateful to have the opportunity to attend this trip. This tour and the tour guide answered all my childhood questions about the place I grew up in, Harlem. I went to St. Aloysius for elementary school and middle school on 132nd ST, my grandfather is super for a building on St.… Continue reading Walking in their Footsteps: Harlem Walking Tour
5/5/22 Contemporary Reflection Blog post on Walking Tour
The walking tour of Harlem was intriguing. The journey began at the Schomburg, which is located at 135st, and inside there’s a public library and a room filled with images of historical figures and events from Harlem’s early years.The Harlem tour was both fun and educational, beginning with an explanation of some of the images… Continue reading 5/5/22 Contemporary Reflection Blog post on Walking Tour
Contemporary Reflection in Walking Tour of Harlem
The Walking tour of Harlem was a very interesting and captivating trip. The tour started at the Schomburg, a public library and a space loaded with photographs of legendary and important individuals and events from Harlem’s earliest years, which is actually located at 135th Street. The walking tour of Harlem was enlightening and amusing from… Continue reading Contemporary Reflection in Walking Tour of Harlem
Passing Come to Life — Walking Tour Hot Take
The tour really confirmed the practice of passing for me. Even though we studied it in class, I didn’t realize how common it was. The fact that Adam Clayton Powell was able to achieve so much partly due to his complexion really made me see the lengths that Black people had to go to to… Continue reading Passing Come to Life — Walking Tour Hot Take
This Is Harlem
My main takeaway from our class walking tour of Harlem was how much history took place in just the few blocks that we walked around on. Starting from the Schomburg Center and walking a few blocks uptown, and then heading west to Frederick Douglass Boulevard (8th Ave) before circling back down 135th, we passed multiple… Continue reading This Is Harlem
Our Afro-Latina Reflection at The Met (Group 2)
Afrofuturism Through the Glass
Upon visiting the Afrofuturism room, we came across Venetian Glassware that felt out of place compared to the rest of the items on display in this because of how everything looked quintessentially associated as “Black”. Some of our first thoughts were “Wow, I did not expect this to be here, it looks out of… Continue reading Afrofuturism Through the Glass
Space and Imagination in Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room & Fictions of Emancipation
Entering Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room, we imagined the house as one that would have existed in Seneca Village, the current site of Central Park and the MET Museum itself. The room takes you on a trip through time, mixing the past with the present. For Trinity, the house invoked the… Continue reading Space and Imagination in Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room & Fictions of Emancipation
Trip To The Met
Last Thursday we explored Schomburg, Harlem at the Met Museum. What caught our group’s eye was the TV in the center of the Schomburg exhibit. The ideas that our groups expressed was the idea of the play on words on the saying “the revolution will not be televised’. The term was coined by musician Gil… Continue reading Trip To The Met