AP African American Studies Resource Archive

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A tile mosaic in a subway station of drum majors in white uniforms dancing in formation.

“PARADE”

by Derek Fordjour

View an homage to historic parades through Harlem in this mosaic created in the New York City subway system.

  • Work of Art
A Black man wearing a black baseball cap, orange shirt, jeans, and sneakers, walking along a bridge with a series of metal panels in the background.

“Empirical Evidence”

by Damien Davis

View a work of art paying homage to the African American community of Mount Vernon, NY.

  • Work of Art
A photograph with impressionist, multicolored mosaic mural of people on a subway train in the background, with beams holding up a subway station in the foreground of the photograph.

“New York in Transit”

by Jacob Lawrence

View Jacob Lawrence’s last public work, a mosaic mural in New York City's Times Square subway station.

  • Work of Art
A large tile mosaic mural of people in a boat.

“Great Waves of Immigration”

by Carmen Lizardo

Explore the history of Afro-Caribbean migration to the US through this mosaic, installed in the New York City subway system.

  • Work of Art
Two African American pioneer families in foreground with two children playing on left, two women and a small child near a covered wagon at center and two men drinking coffee around a campfire by a stream.

“Camping Time”

by John Coleman

View a depiction of Black migration during Reconstruction.

  • Work of Art
An abstract multicolored mural above a bus depot, with a blue and white bus pulling into the depot in the right foreground.

“Mother Hale’s Garden”

by Shinique Smith

Explore the life and career of an activist and community organizer through this work of public art.

  • Work of Art

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