Curated African American artifacts with historical context.
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Romare Bearden’s The Block is a monumental collage composed of six panels that depict everyday life along a Harlem street. Using a combination of pai…
Romare Bearden transformed collage into a powerful medium for storytelling in modern art. His work helped bridge Africa…
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is the landmark first edition of Frederick Douglass’s foundational autobiography, published in Boston at…
Recognized as one of the most important works in American and African American literature , Douglass’s Narrative transf…
This inscribed and signed May 1965 issue of Ebony magazine is a Black Grail-level artifact, directly connecting one of the most iconic moments in civ…
This signed magazine embodies the heart of the civil rights movement—not only documenting a watershed moment in photojo…
"Past Times" by Kerry James Marshall is a monumental acrylic and collage painting portraying a Black family enjoying leisure by a lake, boating, golf…
"Past Times" is a pivotal work in the canon of contemporary art and a milestone for Black artists, blending the persona…
This is the original cover art for "Hero for Hire" #1, which marks the debut of Luke Cage, Marvel’s first Black superhero to star in his own solo com…
The creation of this cover marked a critical milestone in comic book history. Luke Cage’s first issue was not only Marv…
This extraordinary archival lot features original handwritten and typed draft pages from two landmark works by Zora Neale Hurston. The handwritten pa…
These are primary-source working documents from one of the most important voices of the Harlem Renaissance. Dust Tracks…
A boldly signed carte-de-visite photograph of Frederick Douglass — "Frederick Douglass" in his full hand beneath his image — taken at the Philadelphi…
As the most prominent African American abolitionist, orator, journalist, and antislavery leader of the 19th century, Do…
Once Upon a Time in Shaolin is the rarest hip-hop album ever created, serving simultaneously as an art object, a musical statement, and a high-profil…
This album stands as the ultimate “Black Grail” of hip-hop, embodying unprecedented scarcity, record-breaking auction v…
This is an original, larger-than-life concert window card (22" x 30.5") for the "Biggest Show of Stars for '65" presented by the Motortown Revue at C…
As the only known example from this legendary Motown tour, this poster represents the pinnacle of R&B concert memorabil…
"Brenda P" is a commanding portrait by Barkley L. Hendricks, completed in 1974 using oil and acrylic on canvas. Measuring 72 by 50 inches, this work…
This painting is a landmark in Black portraiture and modern American art, breaking with mainstream traditions to center…
This is the complete original production art for the multi‑page Joe Louis biography “The Brown Bomber: Joe Louis,” created for True Comics #5 in 1941…
These pages represent the earliest known original comic art devoted entirely to Joe Louis and one of the first sustaine…
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography is Booker T. Washington’s seminal 1901 memoir , published by Doubleday, Page and Company . This first edition, firs…
Washington’s autobiography is one of the most celebrated and widely read African American literary works , providing fi…