Jacob Lawrence, Brownstones, Egg tempera on hardboard, 31 1/2 x 37 1/4 in. (80 x 94.9 cm). Collection of Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries; gift of Chauncey and Catherine Waddell© Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries

Archibald J. Motley Jr. (1891–1981), Blues, Oil on canvas, 36 × 42 in. (91.4 × cm). Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

James Van Der Zee (1886 – 1983), Crowd in Harlem, Photograph. Gelatin Sivler Print. 3 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (8.7 × 13.7 cm). The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin

Walter Ellison ( ), Train Station, Oil on Cardboard, 20 x 36 cm (8 x 14 in.). Charles M. Kurtz Charitable Trust and Barbara Neff Smith and Solomon Byron Smith funds; through prior gifts of Florence Jane Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison, and the estate of Celia Schmidt

Archibald J. Motley Jr. (1891–1981), Black Belt, Oil on canvas, 33 × 40 1/2 in. (83.8 × cm). Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

Aaron Douglas ( ), Aspiration, Oil On Canvas. 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x cm). Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Museum Purchase