Katelyn D. Crawford is The William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL Jade Powers is the Hugh Kaul Curator of Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL Kelli Morgan is the Founding Executive Director of the Black Artists Archive in Detroit Imani Perry is the Henry A. Morss, Jr. and Elisabeth W. Morss Professor in African & African American Studies and the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute Laura Woodard is librarian and archivist, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL

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• Director’s Foreword—Graham C. BoettcherMayor’s Preface—Randall L. WoodfinArtist’s Preface—Kerry James MarshallIntroduction—Jade Powers and Katelyn D. CrawfordExhibitions to Acquisitions: Connecting the Works of Black American Artists—Laura C. WoodardIt’s About Ideas: Reflections on the Art of Black Alabama—Imani PerryThinking Back, Thinking Black: Celebrating 75 Years of Art, Collecting, and Representation at the Birmingham Museum of Art—Kelli MorganEntriesIndex of Works by Black American Artists in the Birmingham Museum of Art CollectionSelected BibliographyContributor BiographiesIndexPhotography Credits