California African American Museum
This painting, Young Girl, was done around 1855 by an unknown artist.
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This is a bust of African-American abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass. The bronze sculpture was done in 2003 by artist Tim Allen.
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This is a portrait of Sen. Hiram Rhoades Revels, taken around 1870. Revels, of mixed African and Native American blood, was the first black man elected to the Senate during Reconstruction.
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This cover of Harper's Weekly from Nov. 16, 1867, depicts the first time African-Americans were allowed to vote. It is a book plate etching.
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The Buffalo Soldiers 9th Cavalry Parade flag from around 1889.
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"Boy's Head," a linocut, was done in 1931 by artist James Wells.
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"Gusting Up to 35" is oil on board and was painted in 1972 by Palmer Hayden.
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This woodcut, "Survivor," was done by Elizabeth Catlett in 1983.
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This bronze sculpture, "Old Masai Woman," was done by Ed Dwight in 1986.
