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A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled, c. 1948

Gordon Parks

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

Earthenware dish on a short stand decorated in blue with floral bands on a rim and on a skirted base. Central Chinese-style scene depicts birds in a floral garden. The glaze on a rim is damaged and reveals brownish earthenware material.

Afropick, 2005

Sanford Biggers

A work made of inkjet print.

Burn One, 2018

D'Angelo Lovell Williams

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

Mount Horeb Palestine, c. 1964

Joseph Yoakum

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

Alaskian Trail Betwen U.S. and Alaska, 1962/65

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of chromogenic print.

Barrage, 1998

Steve McQueen

Large black sculpture in the shape of Africa. The form is covered in gold chains, circular photographs or "medallions" depicting prominent African American figures, and other images and text. The sculpture hangs on a white wall. "

Africa Restored (Cheryl as Cleopatra), 2003-ongoing

Kerry James Marshall

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

Lake Placid Near Sebering, Florida, 1966

Joseph Yoakum

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

Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State, 1965

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of color hard and soft ground etching, with drypoint on cream japanese paper, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé).

Untitled, 2001

Martin Puryear

A work made of calabash.

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

Asante

A work made of calabash.

Crescent-and-Star-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of calabash.

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

Asante

A work made of calabash.

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

Asante

A work made of calabash.

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

Asante

A work made of calabash.

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

Asante

A work made of calabash.

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

Asante

A work made of calabash.

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

Asante

Chief’s Hat (Mpu a Nzim)

Chief’s Hat (Mpu a Nzim), Early to mid-20th century

Mbala

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