95 Books in the Art / African American & Black Category

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Forever for the Culture: Notes from the New Black Digital Arts Renaissance

Forever for the Culture: Notes from the New Black Digital Arts Renaissance
Black in Blues (paperback): How a Color Tells the Story of My People

Black in Blues (paperback): How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Elizabeth Catlett

Elizabeth Catlett
Jerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade

Jerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Set Me Free: The Good News of God’s Relentless Pursuit (Poetry and Essays)

Set Me Free: The Good News of God’s Relentless Pursuit (Poetry and Essays)
In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space

In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space
Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-Now

Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-Now
Amy Sherald: American Sublime

Amy Sherald: American Sublime
Black, Queer, and Untold: A New Archive of Designers, Artists, and Trailblazers

Black, Queer, and Untold: A New Archive of Designers, Artists, and Trailblazers
by Jon Key
The 1619 Project a Visual Experience

The 1619 Project a Visual Experience
Liberation Literature: Collected Writings of Virginia Hamilton

Liberation Literature: Collected Writings of Virginia Hamilton
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance

This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance
Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.
Gordon Parks: Born Black: A Personal Report on the Decade of Black Revolt 1960-1970

Gordon Parks: Born Black: A Personal Report on the Decade of Black Revolt 1960-1970
Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys
God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin

God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin
The Black Joy Project

The Black Joy Project
Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-Ish and Beyond

Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-Ish and Beyond
The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families

The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families
Pieces of a Man

Pieces of a Man
Beauty Is a Basic Service: Theology and Hospitality in the Work of Theaster Gates

Beauty Is a Basic Service: Theology and Hospitality in the Work of Theaster Gates
BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art

BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art
Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art and Objecthood

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art and Objecthood
I Always Knew: A Memoir

I Always Knew: A Memoir
Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen
Spike Lee Director’s Inspiration

Spike Lee Director’s Inspiration
Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems: In Dialogue

Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems: In Dialogue
Black Oak: Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Men

Black Oak: Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Men
Kehinde Wiley A Portrait of a Young Gentleman

Kehinde Wiley A Portrait of a Young Gentleman
Kehinde Wiley at the National Gallery

Kehinde Wiley at the National Gallery
Black Roses: Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Women

Black Roses: Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Women
Afro-Atlantic Histories

Afro-Atlantic Histories
Spike

Spike
The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry

The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry
Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South

Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South
Crank Shaped Notes

Crank Shaped Notes
Black: A Celebration of a Culture

Black: A Celebration of a Culture

Black People Are My Business: Toni Cade Bambara’s Practices of Liberation

Black People Are My Business: Toni Cade Bambara’s Practices of Liberation
Brave. Black. First. 100 Postcards

Brave. Black. First. 100 Postcards
Africobra: Experimental Art Toward a School of Thought

Africobra: Experimental Art Toward a School of Thought
Kehinde Wiley Trickster

Kehinde Wiley Trickster
Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation

Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation
Beyond Aesthetics: Use, Abuse, and Dissonance in African Art Traditions

Beyond Aesthetics: Use, Abuse, and Dissonance in African Art Traditions
Roy Decarava Light Break

Roy Decarava Light Break
The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion

The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion
Roy Decarava The Sound I Saw

Roy Decarava The Sound I Saw
Basquiat-isms

Basquiat-isms
The Romare Bearden Reader

The Romare Bearden Reader
Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful

Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful
The Paintings and Drawings of Clarence Major

The Paintings and Drawings of Clarence Major
Hollywood Black

Hollywood Black
I Too Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100

I Too Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100
We Inspire Me: Cultivate Your Creative Crew to Work, Play, and Make (Book for Creatives, Book for Artists, Creative Guide)

We Inspire Me: Cultivate Your Creative Crew to Work, Play, and Make (Book for Creatives, Book for Artists, Creative Guide)
Charles White: A Retrospective

Charles White: A Retrospective
My Soul Has Grown Deep

My Soul Has Grown Deep
Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth.

Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth.
Black and Blur (consent not to be a single being)

Black and Blur (consent not to be a single being)
Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City’s Missouri Avenue Beach

Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City’s Missouri Avenue Beach
4 Pages 16 Bars: Raise It Up!

4 Pages 16 Bars: Raise It Up!
4 Pages 16 Bars: Doin’ Our Own Thang! (Volume 3)

4 Pages 16 Bars: Doin’ Our Own Thang! (Volume 3)
Bearden’s Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden

Bearden’s Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden
South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s

South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s
Your Black Friend

Your Black Friend
Jean-Michel Basquiat: Words Are All We Have

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Words Are All We Have
Primitive: The Art and Life of Horace H. Pippin

Primitive: The Art and Life of Horace H. Pippin
Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul

Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul
Dream a World Anew: The African American Experience and the Shaping of America

Dream a World Anew: The African American Experience and the Shaping of America
National Museum of African American History and Culture: A Souvenir Book

National Museum of African American History and Culture: A Souvenir Book
Brotherman Dictator of Discipline: Revelation (BOOK ONE #1)

Brotherman Dictator of Discipline: Revelation (BOOK ONE #1)
Black Kirby: In Search of the MotherBoxx Connection

Black Kirby: In Search of the MotherBoxx Connection
4 Pages 16 Bars: The Symphony (Volume 1)

4 Pages 16 Bars: The Symphony (Volume 1)
The Magic Of Juju: An Appreciation Of The Black Arts Movement

The Magic Of Juju: An Appreciation Of The Black Arts Movement
The Notebooks

The Notebooks
Kehinde Wiley The World Stage Haiti

Kehinde Wiley The World Stage Haiti
4 Pages 16 Bars: Sequential Graffiti

4 Pages 16 Bars: Sequential Graffiti
Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic

Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic
Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now’s the Time

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now’s the Time
Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists And Progressive Politics During World War Ii

Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists And Progressive Politics During World War Ii
Kehinde Wiley The World Stage Israel

Kehinde Wiley The World Stage Israel
Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980

Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980
Teenie Harris, Photographer: Image, Memory, History

Teenie Harris, Photographer: Image, Memory, History
EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art

EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Abstraktion und Einfühlung: Poems by Percival Everett

Abstraktion und Einfühlung: Poems by Percival Everett
Colored Pictures: Race and Visual Representation

Colored Pictures: Race and Visual Representation
Creating Black Americans: African American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present

Creating Black Americans: African American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present
Faith Ringgold: A View From The Studio

Faith Ringgold: A View From The Studio
Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists

Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists
Something All Our Own: The Grant Hill Collection of African American Art

Something All Our Own: The Grant Hill Collection of African American Art
Testimony: Vernacular Art of the African-American South

Testimony: Vernacular Art of the African-American South
When Harlem Was In Vogue

When Harlem Was In Vogue
Art on My Mind: Visual Politics

Art on My Mind: Visual Politics