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Memories © Max King Cap

"Detail," Burning African Village Play Set with Big House and Lynching, 2006. Painted laser cut steel, 22 parts, dimensions variable © Kara Walker. Image courtesy of Sikkema Jenkin & Co., New York.

The Door of No Return © Rod Brown

Sheol © Rod Brown

Bodies in the Sea © Rod Brown

Vicissitudes, Granada © Jason deCaires Taylor

Vicissitudes, Granada, Clean © Jason deCaires Taylor

abduction, Mixed-media assemblage © Carletta Carrington Wilson

New Age of Slavery, 2014. Watercolor on paper. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. © Patrick Campbell Art and Illustration.

Chattel Auction © Rod Brown

Ashantilly Hill Slave Dwelling © Melissa Pope Scott

Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word © Randall Kennedy

"Detail," Burning African Village Play Set with Big House and Lynching, 2006. Painted laser cut steel, 22 parts, dimensions variable © Kara Walker. Image courtesy of Sikkema Jenkin & Co., New York.

'Of Black Men And Absentee Founding Fathers...' Mixed media acrylic collage painting with gold metal leaf on wood panel. 60" x 84" © Mark Dukes

Your Father, Our Father, Your Father, The Children of George Washington No. 2 © Toni Scott 2009

Remembering Delia © Toni Scott 2009

J. Marion Sims standing before a young slave girl, Lucy, preparing to examine her...from a series done by Robert Thom for The History of Medicine in Pictures (Parke Davis, 1961). Print courtesy of the Pearson Museum, with permission from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

Resilience, 2013, Mixed-media assemblage 55 x 21 x 11 3/4 inches, © Vanessa German, courtesy of the artist and Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.

Nat Turner, 1945, oil on paperboard 31 3/8 x 25 7/8 in., © William H. Johnson, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, used with permission.

Lamentation, 1944, tempera and pencil on paper 19 1/4 x 22 3/8 in., © William H. Johnson, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, used with permission.

Souvenir Jars © Renee Billingslea, used with permission of the artist.

Let My People Free, 1945, oil on paperboard 38 1/4 x 30 in., © William H. Johnson, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, used with permission.

Southern Heritage, Southern Shame, 2001, © Gwendolyn A. Magee. Pieced, quilted, and appliquéd fabrics, with cording, 22.5"x 32.5" Courtesy the Estate of Gwendolyn A. Magee.

Blood of the Slaughtered I, 2001. Pieced, quilted, stitched, and appliquéd fabrics, with cording. 70"x 85.5" © Gwendolyn A. Magee. Courtesy the Estate of Gwendolyn A. Magee.

Hanging Tree, 1990. 52 x 40 in. © Noah Purifoy Foundation, courtesy of Noah Purifoy Foundation.

The Lynching, 1999. Triptych: Dye on tooled and carved leather © Winfred Rembert, courtesy of Adelson Galleries.

After the Lynching, 1999. Triptych: Dye on tooled and carved leather © Winfred Rembert, courtesy of Adelson Galleries.

The Burial, 1999. Triptych: Dye on tooled and carved leather © Winfred Rembert, courtesy of Adelson Galleries.

Wallpaper detail comprised of names of lynched individuals © LaShawnda Crowe Storm, used with permission of the artist.

So many many many dead black bodies, or, ..., 2014, Mixed-media assemblage, 48 x 60 x 30 inches, © Vanessa German, courtesy of the artist and Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.

Red Record II: In Memoriam © B-Mor7

Burned Out, 1943, oil on wood 32 1/2 x 26 1/2 in., © William H. Johnson, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, used with permission.

The Impossible © Jennifer Scott

My Son, My Grandson © Jennifer Scott

Three Generations. 48" x 56" oil painting. © Jennifer Scott, 2009. Used with permission of the artist.

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Spectator Tie (Close-Up) © Renee Billingslea, used with permission of the artist.

Spectator Hats © Renee Billingslea

All That Remains © Renee Billingslea

Miss Laura Fruit Tree © Trish Williams

Blossom, 2007. Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen. © Sanford Biggers.

Steel, Zoopoxy, silk leaves, piano with MIDI system, piano bench, dirt 144 x 216 x 180 inches 365.8 x 548.6 x 457.2 cm

Still I Rise Fleischmann's Active Yeast, 2011, Mixed media assemblage, 30 1/2 × 13 × 13 inches © Vanessa German, courtesy of the artist and Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.

The Proper Way To Hang A Confederate Flag © John Sims, courtesy the artist and Moberg Gallery..

Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment © James H. Jones

American Sculpture Garden, 2004, 10 x 12 inches, acrylic on canvas © Zeal Harris

Chain Gang, 1939, oil on plywood 45 3/4 x 38 1/2 in., © William H. Johnson, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, used with permission.

Profile This © Ti-Rock Moore

Not Fit For a Princess © Aramis O. Hamer

Protect and Serve © Ti-Rock Moore

A Man Was Lynched By Police Yesterday © Dread Scott, Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Blue Wall of Violence © Dread Scott, Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Phantom Negro Weapons: Trayvon Martin © Nafis M. White

Phantom Negro Weapons: Mike Brown © Nafis M. White

Phantom Negro Weapons: Rekia Boyd © Nafis M. White

Phantom Negro Weapons © Nafis M. White

Phantom Negro Weapons: Eric Garner © Nafis M. White

1999, Remember Eric Smith © Theodore A. Harris

Eric Garner Tribute Poster © Bunbury Creative UK

Mr. Louis Head: Ferguson Police Just Executed My Unarmed Son, Sign, 2014, used with permission of Mr. Head.

Settling Down Is Hard To Do When You Are Fading Into Nothing © Michael Dixon

Ferguson Mother of God: Our Lady against all Gun Violence, 2015 Acrylic Collage painting © Mark Dukes

Death At The Hands Of The Police, 2015. Life Cast of Model Michael Sydney. Plaster Bandage, Acrylic Paint, Chalk, Wood, Cotton 8'L x 4'W x 12"D © Toni Scott, used with permission of the artist.

(Detail) Death at the Hands of the Police, 2015. © Toni Scott, used with permission of the artist.

Please, Say Her Name! 2017. Acrylic w/India Ink on a 30 x 30" wood panel. © Stacey Torres

(Close-up) What Cannot Be Said Will Be Wept © Nafis M. White, used with permission of the artist.

What Cannot Be Said Will Be Wept © Nafis M. White, used with permission of the artist.

(Detail) What Cannot Be Said Will Be Wept © Nafis M. White, used with permission of the artist.

Laocoön, 2016 Vinyl and electric air pump 140 x 348 x 240 inches 355.6 x 883.9 x 609.6 cm Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen. © Sanford Biggers.

Reality Check: To Call the Police Use this Phone, 2013, Mixed media assemblage 46 x 24 x 14 inches, © Vanessa German, courtesy of the artist and Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.

Requiem, 2007. © Gwendolyn A. Magee. Pieced, quilted, stitched, and appliquéd fabrics, with cording, 56" x 55". Courtesy the Estate of Gwendolyn A. Magee.

Safety, Mixed media assemblage © Vanessa German, courtesy of the artist.

And Of That Day? St. Demetrius Shall Come Saying, "Black Lives Matter." Mixed media acrylic collage painting with silver metal leaf on wood panel. 60" x 84" © Mark Dukes

To re-member Black lives lost to racial violence

To heal Race-Based Trauma

To use Art + Conversation to spark Transformation