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A square painting in shades of black, two dark grays, and a deep red has the words, "BLACK," "AMERICA," and "RINGGOLD" written in eight even triangles that meet in the center.

Black Light Series #7: Ego Painting, 1969

Faith Ringgold

Black-and-white portrait photograph in a gold mat and frame of a white toddler in a dress with a striped skirt seated in the lap of a young black woman in a white head covering and floral dress.

Untitled (Portrait of Woman Holding a Child), 1850

Pair of Anklets

Pair of Anklets, Possibly early 20th century

Igbo

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled (Garvey, Prince Tovalou, and George Marke), 1924

James VanDerZee

Pilgrim Staff (Oulle Sheikh Hussein)

Pilgrim Staff (Oulle Sheikh Hussein), 20th century

Oromo

A work made of color woodblock on cream wove paper.

L'Abbatoire, 1950s

Eldzier Cortor

Black-and-white photograph of a group of older black boys in hats and work clothes loosely lined up outside a doorway. Two at front pose playfully for the camera, one with a hand on his hips, looking to the side, the other with one hand under his face, looking straight ahead.

Negro Day Laborers, Marcella Plantation, Milestone, Mississippi Delta, 1939

Marion Post Wolcott

A work made of blue felt-tip pen, blue and black ballpoint pen, pastel, and colored pencil on cream wove paper.

Beulah Dudley 1st Negro Woman to Win Golff Record in year 1927., stamped 1970

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of black ballpoint pen and colored pencil on cream wove paper.

Great White Throne Zion National Park Angles Landing Utah, 1970

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of blue ballpoint pen, blue fountain pen, colored pencil, and pastel on cream wove paper.

Mountains in Gaza Strip of Arabia and Egypt, 1964

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of inkjet print.

Burn One, 2018

D'Angelo Lovell Williams

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

Act V, Scene 4, from UBU Tells the Truth, 1996–97

William Kentridge

A work made of soft ground etching and aquatint, with flat bite, from two cut plates in black and red on ivory wove paper.

L'Abbatoire VI, 1980

Eldzier Cortor

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Solidarity Day, 1968

LeRoy Henderson

A work made of color intaglio with lithography, rubber stamp and debossing on paper.

Coffee Thyme I, printed 1979, published 1981

Sam Gilliam

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled, 1965/85

Roland Freeman

A work made of carbon transfer, blue and black ballpoint pen, colored pencil, and pastel on cream wove paper.

Clark and Lewis Mtn Near Dover Alaska in Head Point, of Continental Divide across West Canada into Montana U.S.A. May 29 1968, 1965

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of mezzotint with etching in black and color aquatint with etching from multiple plates on ivory wove paper.

Jewels/Theme VI, 1985

Eldzier Cortor

A work made of etching and aquatint on cut plate in brown on cream wove paper.

Sepia Odalisque II, 1998

Eldzier Cortor

A work made of calabash.

Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

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