1. Artist unknown, La belle Hottentote, date unknown
2. Nicolas Huet le Jeune, Saartjie Baartman, 1815
3. Léon de Wailly, Saartjie Baartman, 1815
4. First page of Georges Cuvier's dissection report on the "Vénus Hottentotte," Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle, 1817
5. Title page of Types of Mankind, 1857
6. J. T. Zealy, "Jack (driver), Guinea. Plantation of B. F. Taylor, Columbia, S.C.," 1850
7. J. T. Zealy, "Drana, country born, daughter of Jack, Guinea. Plantation of B. F. Taylor, Columbia, S.C.," 1850
8. Renée Green, Seen from Anatomies of Escape, 1990
9. Carla Williams, Untitled from How to Read Character, 1990-1991
10. Carla Williams, Untitled from How to Read Character, 1990-1991
11. Lorna Simpson, Three Seated Figures, 1989
12. Wedgwood cameo, Am I Not a Man and a Brother?, nineteenth century
13. Token, Am I Not a Woman and a Sister?, 1838
14. Jules-Robert Auguste, Les Amies, ca. 1820-1830
15. Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863
16. Giacomo Ginotti, Abolition of Slavery, 1877
17. Frank Buchser, Black Girl in a Stream, ca. 1867-1870
18. Edmonia Lewis, Forever Free, 1867
19. Postcard, Josephine Baker, ca. 1920s
20. Jean Isy de Botton, Portrait of Josephine Baker, 1929
21. Emma Amos, Creatures of the Night, 1985
22. Alison Saar, Si j'étais blanc, 1981
23. Kongo peoples, nkisi figure, date unknown
24. Alison Saar, Untitled from Crossroads, 1989
25. Kongo peoples, nkisi nkondi figure, ca. 1875-1900
26. Renée Stout, Fetish #2, 1988
27. Map of the Sea Islands
28. Leigh Richmond Miner, Alfred Graham, 1909
29. Winold Reiss, Young Basketmaker, 1927
30. Title page of Roll, Jordan, Roll, 1933
31. Doris Ulmann, Portrait of Woman with Basket on Her Head, ca. 1929-1930
32. Title page of Drums and Shadows, 1940
33. Title page of The Myth of the Negro Past, 1941
34. Eldzier Cortor, Sea of Time, 1945
35. Title page of Daufuskie Island by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, 1982
36. Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, The Old Prayer House before Hurricane David, from Daufuskie Island, 1979
37. Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Emily's Son at Nursery School during Nap Time, from Daufuskie Island, 1980
38. Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, The Waving Girl, from Daufuskie Island, 1979
39. Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Miss Mary in Her Kitchen, from Daufuskie Island, 1979
40. Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (WENT LOOKING FOR AFRICA) from Sea Islands Series, 1992
41. Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (EBO LANDING) from Sea Islands Series, 1992
42. Beverly Buchanan, St. Simons, 1989
43. Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Rice, Rattlesnakes, and Rainwater, 1997
44. Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Rice, Rattlesnakes, and Rainwater, detail, 1997
45. Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Rice, Rattlesnakes, and Rainwater, detail, 1997
46. Leigh Richmond Miner, Baby Day Mothers, ca. 1909
47. James VanDerZee, Future Expectations, 1926
48. Gordon Parks, American Gothic, 1942
49. Gordon Parks, Children with Doll, 1942
50. Title page of The Sweet Flypaper of Life, 1955
51. Title page from Clarissa Sligh, Reading Dick and Jane with Me, 1989
52. Page from The New We Look and See, 1956
53. Page from The New We Look and See, 1956
54. Clarissa Sligh, page from Reading Dick and Jane with Me, 1989
55. Clarissa Sligh, page from Reading Dick and Jane with Me, 1989
56. Clarissa Sligh, two pages from Reading Dick and Jane with Me, 1989
57. Film still from Daughters of the Dust, 1991
58. Film still from Daughters of the Dust, 1991