Today’s podcast features a memorable love letter from Aaron Douglas, leading Harlem Renaissance painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, to his wife Alta Sawyer Douglas, an esteemed educator.

Linden Anderson, Library Technical Assistant III in the Schomburg Center's Photographs and Prints Division, reads Douglas's letter aloud. 

Live from the Reading Room: Aaron Douglas to Alta Sawyer Douglas

Founded in 1925 and named a National Historic Landmark in 2017, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the world’s leading cultural institutions devoted to the research, preservation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diaspora, and African experiences. As a research division of The New York Public Library, the Schomburg Center features diverse programming and collections spanning over 11 million items that illuminate the richness of global black history, arts, and culture.