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A dark-skinned man shouts and holds a sign that reads “No Vietnamese Ever Called Me a Nigger. Stop the War Now!”. He walks down the street surrounded by fellow protesters.

First Anti-Vietnam War March, 1967

LeRoy Henderson

A work made of copper alloy.

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

Asante

A full-body, photograph of a nude, female figure in profile. She sits on a pallet of blankets in front of a fireplace, and in the background is an ascending staircase.

Nude, 1925

James VanDerZee

A work made of 16mm color film (transferred to digital video, projection), sound; 5 min. 49 sec..

Mine, 1991

William Kentridge

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Daddy Grace at the Altar with Choir, 1938

James VanDerZee

Sculpture of wooden panels shaped like an abstract chair with a deep narrow base.

Lever #1, 1988/89

Martin Puryear

A work made of terracotta and pigment.

Water Container, Early/mid–20th century

Zarma

A work made of cotton, narrow strips of plain weave; pieced; embroidered with cotton in buttonhole, knotted buttonhole, open chain, and stem stitches; edged with oblique interlacing.

Robe (Riga Saki), 1940s

Nupe

Jewel-toned landscape painting. A large green hill dotted with trees rises in the center; the sky is blue with white clouds. Faceless figures in hues of red, blue, yellow, and orange walk from left to right in front of the hill. In the foreground two figures pull a dark blue body from a pond of the same color, while others lay in twisted and disfigured shapes on the ground.

Death of the Infant Bethel, 1965

Bob Thompson

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

Drawing from "Zeno Writing" (circular building II), 2002

William Kentridge

A work made of gold.

Feline Figurine, 250–550 CE

Moche

Terracotta sculpture of a woman of African descent's face: her hair is flattened against her skull, extending down to the figure’s neck, and its texture is delineated with small incisions. Her face possesses a prominent forehead, broad nose, and full lips. The sculpture is both highly individual yet also timeless and universal.

Head of a Black Woman, c. 1935

Sargent Claude Johnson

Bracelet

Bracelet, 19th/mid–20th century

Frafra

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Bowl with Black Interlocking Lattice on Interior; White Interlocking Squared Spirals on Exterior, 1300–1400

Cibola

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Dunes, Indiana, 1963

Robert Earl Wilson

A work made of deer hide, ermine tails, glass pony beads, hair, porcupine quills, and trade cloth.

War Shirt, 1830–40

Missouri

Black-and-white photograph of a seated black man who is receiving medical care from two other individuals. The man has an anguished expression, with his mouth open in pain, and he wears a button-up shirt that is spattered with blood. The brown-skinned person on the man's right, whose back is to the camera, tends to the man's right eye. On the left a white-skinned person reaches into the frame, and holds the man's head steady.

Battered Man, 1948

Gordon Parks

Goldweight in the Form of a Geometric Shape

Goldweight in the Form of a Geometric Shape, 18th/19th century

Asante

Goldweight Depicting a Chameleon

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

Asante

A work made of internal dye diffusion transfer print.

Spatial poem reply 1, 2015

Kemang Wa Lehulere

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