Featuring works by: Charles Alston, Leo Amino, Benny Andrews, Richmond Barthé, Mary Bauermeister, Romare Bearden, John Biggers, Emil Bisttram, Paul Cadmus, Federico Castellon, Robert Colescott, Joseph Cornell, Harold Cousins, Jay DeFeo, Beauford Delaney, Aaron Douglas, Claire Falkenstein, Sam Gilliam, Michael Goldberg, Adolph Gottlieb, Morris Graves, Nancy Grossman, James Guy, Hans Hofmann, Charles Howard, William H. Johnson, Raymond Jonson, Gerome Kamrowski, Jacob Lawrence, Hughie Lee-Smith, Norman Lewis, Conrad Marca-Relli, Joan Miró, Louise Nevelson, Gordon Onslow Ford, Alfonso Ossorio, Agnes Pelton, Richard Pousette-Dart, Dorothea Tanning, Pavel Tchelitchew, Alma Thomas, Bob Thompson, Charmion von Wiegand, Charles White, and William T. Williams