Black is Beautiful: “Something to Behold ... Something One Could Do”
by Elizabeth Carmel Hamilton
Learn more about the works of Betye Saar, Elizabeth Catlett, and Toni Morrison in the context of Black is Beautiful.
Maintaining the Freedmen’s Bureau
1866
Read the legislation that extended the life of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
“Mother Hale’s Garden”
by Shinique Smith
Explore the life and career of an activist and community organizer through this work of public art.
“Harlem Timeline”
by Willie Birch
Explore the history of Harlem through this work of art in the New York City subway system.
“City of Glass”
by Romare Bearden
Explore the work of Romare Bearden in this posthumously completed piece.
“Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way”
by Béatrice Lebreton
Explore a work of art in the New York City subway system honoring diverse Caribbean and African American perspectives.
“Urban Garden Rail”
by Saya Woolfalk
Explore responses to food access issues in segregated communities through this work of art.
“Illuminations”
by Darryl Westly
View a work of art on the Long Island Rail Road paying homage, in part, to the Tuskegee Airmen.
“People’s Instinctive Travels: Homage to the Tribe”
by Eamon Ore-Giron
Explore an abstract piece in the New York City subway system paying homage to hip-hop history.
“Funktional Vibrations”
by Xenobia Bailey
Explore a mosaic connecting visual art with music.
“Just Jazz”
by Moe Brooker
Explore a work of art on the Long Island Rail Road inspired by jazz musician John Coltrane.
“Hear the Lone Whistle Moan” / “copacetic”
by Alison Saar
View two pieces paying homage to the Harlem Renaissance.
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