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A growing collection of images, documents, and ephemera gathered through Maya's research. Hover over any plate to read its full citation.

Accidental collage of photographs from a protest against the closing of the Schomburg in the early 1970s, found at the Cornell University Rare and Manuscript Collections

Accidental collage of photographs from a protest against the closing of the Schomburg in the early 1970s, found at the Cornell University Rare and Manuscript Collections

Norman Lewis, Harlem Turns White, 1952

Norman Lewis, Harlem Turns White, 1952

Cover of the 1967 edition of Franz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks

Cover of the 1967 edition of Franz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks

1923 Application of the Six Nations of the League of Nations, photograph taken at Aabaakwad 2024 at the University of Toronto

1923 Application of the Six Nations of the League of Nations, photograph taken at Aabaakwad 2024 at the University of Toronto

Benny Andrews giving a drawing demonstration to students at the “university school” of Alabama State University (Montgomery), October 10, 1975, photograph taken at the Ruth Foundation for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI

Benny Andrews giving a drawing demonstration to students at the “university school” of Alabama State University (Montgomery), October 10, 1975, photograph taken at the Ruth Foundation for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI

Romare Bearden and a cat

Romare Bearden and a cat

Chamber music performance at the Countee Cullen Library in Harlem, found at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Chamber music performance at the Countee Cullen Library in Harlem, found at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Six Nations

Six Nations

Photograph of Washington D.C. after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Life (April 19, 1968)_ 38-39

Photograph of Washington D.C. after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Life (April 19, 1968)_ 38-39