New York Life continues to support the International African American Museum.

The historic site of Gadsden’s Wharf was chosen for the IAAM since nearly half of all enslaved Africans brought to the United States arrived in Charleston, and the majority entered at Gadsden’s Wharf. At the museum’s Center for Family History guests will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will assist them in uncovering their ancestries. 

Over the decades, New York Life has demonstrated its commitment to the African American community by donating company archives to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, funding impactful organizations and initiatives like the PBS series “Slavery and the Making of America,” and helping to establish The New York Life Endowment for Emerging African American Issues at the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at CUNY.

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