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Kwame Brathwaite, Untitled (Portrait, Reels as Necklace), c. 1972, inkjet print, National Gallery of Art, Gift of Funds from Renée Harbers Liddell and Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, © Kwame Brathwaite
 

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Ming Smith, Sun Ra Space II, New York, New York, 1978, gelatin silver print, Charina Endowment Fund, 2017.42.1
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Anthony Barboza, Grace Jones, New York City, 1970s, gelatin silver print, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, 2021.35.5
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Barkley Leonnard Hendricks, Self-Portrait with Red Sweater, 1980, printed 2023, chromogenic print, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, 2023.171.2
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Darryl Cowherd, Stokely Carmichael, Unknown Chicago Church, c. 1968, gelatin silver print, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, 2022.102.6
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Shown from the waist up, a Black woman, Ethel Shariff, wears a nun’s habit and light-colored clothing as she stands in front of about two dozen more Black nuns in this square black and white photograph. Ethel is in sharp focus at the center of the picture. She looks steadily at us with wide-set eyes, a rounded nose, and full lips in her oval face. The habit covers her head and falls beyond her shoulders. A scarf is tucked into the high neck of her white garment, which buttons up the front. She wears chunky earrings and a glimmering gold necklace with a small box-shaped pendant. She and the other women stand with their hands clasped behind their backs. Those behind Ethel stand in formation, creating a loose V. They are out of focus, their faces a variety of tones.
Gordon Parks, Ethel Shariff in Chicago, 1963, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (The Gordon Parks Collection), 2015.19.4631
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Adger Cowans, Coltrane at the Gate, 1961, gelatin silver print, Charina Endowment Fund, 2022.177.1
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Doris Derby, Member of Southern Media Photographing a Young Girl, Farish Street, Jackson, Mississippi, 1968, gelatin silver print, Gift of David Knaus, 2022.149.2
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Robert A. Sengstacke, Dr. Martin Luther King, January 1, 1965, gelatin silver print, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, 2023.87.2
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Carrie Mae Weems, Mom at Work, 1978–1984, gelatin silver print, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, 2022.108.1
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Ray Francis, Genie, 1971, gelatin silver print, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, 2023.91.3
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Ernest C. Withers, I Am A Man, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tennessee, March 28, 1968, gelatin silver print, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, 2023.87.1
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