Eric Velasquez: Bringing Arturo Schomburg's legacy to life

Award-winning author and illustrator Eric Velasquez talks about his research into the life of Arturo Schomburg, who hailed from the same town in Puerto Rico as his grandmother, and his idea to collaborate with Carole Boston Weatherford on a children's book about Schomburg's life story.
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