Gordon Parks directed a pioneering blaxploitation film years after shooting documentary photographs of urban crime. This show sketched out their aesthetic and political relations.
The gift includes 1,600 Associated Press images between the 1950s and 1980s.
A decade after his celebrated "The Migration Series," Jacob Lawrence painted the story of the beginnings of America, including competing struggles for independence.
A major survey emphasizes that David Driskell's contributions to art history were rooted in his own work, which refracted the concerns of Black Americans.
To get to the top, you have to wear the right clothes
Newly commissioned works by 10 international artists pay tribute to the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois, intellectual and Civil Rights activist. Including Brendan Fernandes, Julie Mehretu and Carrie Mae We…