1. Jacob Lawrence, Brownstones, 1958. 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

2. Archibald J. Motley Jr. (1891–1981), Blues, 1929. Oil on canvas, 36 × 42 in. (91.4 × 106.7 cm). Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

3. James Van Der Zee (1886 – 1983), Crowd in Harlem, 1920. 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

4. Walter Ellison (1899-1977), Train Station, 1935. 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

5. Archibald J. Motley Jr. (1891–1981), Black Belt, 1934. Oil on canvas, 33 × 40 1/2 in. (83.8 × 102.9 cm). Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

6. Aaron Douglas (1899 - 1979), Aspiration, 1936. Oil On Canvas. 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm). Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Museum Purchase