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Light seems to emanate from a dark-skinned figure (most likely a woman) holding a dark-skinned in their arms. The figure points their face up, eyes closed, a cover over their head and shoulders.

I Have a Dream, 1976

Charles White

A work made of gelatin silver print.

A Young Boy from a Marching Band, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A.", 1977, printed by 1979

Dawoud Bey

A work made of blue ballpoint pen and watercolor on tan wove paper.

Nat King Cole, n.d.

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of etching with soft ground, aquatint, drypoint and engraving on fabriano rosapina bianco paper.

Act I, Scene 2, from UBU Tells the Truth, 1996–97

William Kentridge

A work made of pen and brush and black ink on cream card, laid down on cream card.

The Family Upstairs, n.d.

George Herriman

A work made of charcoal, with smudging, erasing and scratching, on tan wove paper, laid down.

Portrait of a Woman, 1950

Charles White

A work made of woodcut on ivory japanese paper.

Dark Loop, 1982

Martin Puryear

A work made of watercolor and graphite pencil on tan wove paper.

Altheia Gibson Our Champion Tennis Star, 1963

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper.

Untitled, 1961

Beauford Delaney

A work made of terracotta.

Container for Serving Beer (Ukhamba), 1990s-early 2000s

Mncane Nzuza

A work made of gelatin silver print.

A Man and Two Women after a Church Service, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A.", 1976, printed 1980/81

Dawoud Bey

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Off on My Own (Harlem, New York), from the series "Harlem is Nowhere", 1948

Gordon Parks

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Dark Water, 1985

Roy DeCarava

Black-and-white portrait photograph of a young black woman standing in a dark velvet dress with asymmetrical buttons, tight bodice, and dark lace collar. Text belows in block letters: "Walter E. Chickering, 627 Washington St., Boston, Near Globe and Park Theatres."

Untitled (Portrait of Young Woman), 1866/1900

Unknown

A work made of oil on canvas.

Black Pride Whitewashed, 1971

Norman Parish

A work made of lithograph in warm and cool black on tan wove paper.

Sound of Silence, 1979

Charles White

A work made of graphite, with erasing and smudging (recto), and graphite (verso), on white wove paper.

Untitled, Drawing for Sanctuary (recto and verso), c. 1982 (recto); n.d. (verso)

Martin Puryear

A work made of gelatin silver print.

New York, c. 1939

Helen Levitt

A work made of color lithograph on white wove paper.

Mile of Sculpture, 1984

Martin Puryear

A work made of colored pencils and pastel, with touches of blue ballpoint pen, on cream wove paper.

Nude Model, Reclining, n.d.

Marion Perkins

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