1870-now

Carving out a life after slavery
Winslow Homer, Taking Sunflower to Teacher
Harry Fonseca, Two Coyotes with Flags
When department stores were new: women in the American city
Hale Woodruff, The Banjo Player
A beacon of hope, Aaron Douglas's Aspiration
Vertis Hayes, The Lynchers
Thelma Streat, Girl with Bird
Beauford Delaney's portrait of Marian Anderson
Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Cleaning the museum—maintenance art
Ben Shahn, Contemporary American Sculpture
Kerry James Marshall, Our Town
Stefanie Jackson, Bluest Eye
Amy Sherald, Precious Jewels by the Sea