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Celebrate Black Artists

Discover the unique stories and artistic journeys of these influential creators.

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Palo Alto City Library

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  • Battleground

    African American Art, 1985-2015

    Bernier, Celeste-Marie,
    BookAthens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2023] — 700.8996 BERNIER
  • When Broadway Was Black

    the Triumphant Story of the All-black Musical That Changed the World

    Gaines, Caseen, 1986-
    BookNaperville : Sourcebooks, 2023. — 792.0899 GAINES
  • Blk Art

    the Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art

    Ware, Zaria,
    BookNew York, NY : Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023. — 704.0396 WARE
  • BookPrinceton : Princeton University Press, [2022] — 709.2396 CHASE-RI
  • Called to the Camera

    Black American Studio Photographers

    Book[New Orleans] : New Orleans Museum of Art, [2023] — 770 CALLED
  • Invisible Men

    the Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books

    Quattro, Ken,
    BookSan Diego, CA : YOE Books/IDW Publishing, 2020. — 741.5973 QUATTRO
  • Black TV

    Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television From Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond

    Butler, Bethonie,
    BookNew York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, [2023] — 791.4565 BUTLER
  • BookNew York : One World, [2020] — 305.896 BLACK
  • Fired Up! Ready to Go!

    Finding Beauty, Demanding Equity : An African American Life in Art : the Collections of Peggy Cooper Cafritz /

    Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, 1947-
    BookNew York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2018. — 704.0396 CAFRITZ
  • Soul of a Nation

    Art in the Age of Black Power

    BookLondon : Tate Publishing, 2017. — 700.8996 SOUL
  • Mounting Frustration

    the Art Museum in the Age of Black Power

    Cahan, Susan,
    BookDurham : Duke University Press, 2016. — 704.0396 CAHAN
  • Ruffneck Constructivists

    Dineo Seshee Bopape, Kendell Geers, Arthur Jafa, Jennie C. Jones, Kahlil Joseph, Deana Lawson, Rodney McMillian, Pope.L, Tim Portlock, Lior Shvil, Szymon Tomsia

    Book[Philadelphia, Pa.] : Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania ; Brooklyn, New York : Dancing Foxes Press, [2014] — 704.0396 RUFFNECK
  • Creating Their Own Image

    the History of African-American Women Artists

    Farrington, Lisa E.
    BookOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. — 709.73 F246c
  • Reading Basquiat

    Exploring Ambivalence in American Art

    Saggese, Jordana Moore, 1979-
    BookBerkeley : University of California Press, [2014] — 709.2 SAGGESE
  • BookNew York : The Museum of Modern Art, [2019] — 704.0396 ENGLISH
  • Black Panther

    the Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas

    BookNew York, NY : Rizzoli, [2014] — 741.6092 BLACK
  • We Flew Over the Bridge

    the Memoirs of Faith Ringgold

    Ringgold, Faith
    BookDurham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2005. — 709.2 RINGGOLD