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Quilt of squares on a beige base, each with a unique flower or small scene with dark-skinned figures and animals.

Album Quilt, 1854

Sarah Ann Wilson

Woman's Apron

Woman's Apron, Mid–20th century

Grasslands

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Invisible Woman II, from the series "Invisible Women", 2006

Sabelo Mlangeni

A work made of vandyke print.

Michael, 1998

Rashid Johnson

Black background with white mixed media on top.

A Siren Beside a Ship, 2014

Mark Bradford

A work made of black and white conté crayon, with stumping, on ivory wove paper.

Study for Many Mansions (Profile), n.d.

Kerry James Marshall

A work made of glass, cloth, and string.

Royal Cap (Orikogbofo), Early/mid–20th century

Yoruba

Black silhouette of a female figure running after a headless chicken, its head in one hand and a key in the other.

Keys to the Coop, 1997

Kara Walker

A work made of digital video (projection), color, sound, 14 min. 47 sec..

Girls, Tricky, 2001

Steve McQueen

A work made of screenprint on off-white wove paper.

African National Congress, 1985

Thamsanqa (Thami) Mnyele

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Women Must Carry Their Children, c 1965

Ernest Cole

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled, from the series "Black Muslims", c. 1975

Mikki Ferrill

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Descension, 1961

Bob Thompson

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Pyramid, 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of terracotta.

Water Container, Early/mid–20th century

Nupe

A work made of charcoal with smudging, erasing and red crayon on ivory wove paper.

Drawing from "Zeno Writing" (landscape, text fragments), 2002

William Kentridge

A work made of chromogenic prints.

Untitled (John-John and Bobby), 1988

Larry Johnson

Goldweight with a Geometric Pattern

Goldweight with a Geometric Pattern, 18th/19th century

Asante

A work made of silk and rayon, twenty-four narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and weft-faced plain weave; joined; main warp fringe.

Kente Wrapper, 1900/25

Asante

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Man Coming up Subway Stairs, 1952, printed 1996

Roy DeCarava

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