Fourteen-year-old creator of the Tumblr blog zAaronversey traces his remarkable experiences that demonstrate how his abilities and achievements have defined him more than the challenges of his cerebral palsy.

Presents a history of African American visual arts and artists from the days of slavery to the present.

An introduction to the life and career of the writer and artist Ashley Bryan, a three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award.

"Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. So when she was offered a commission to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans, she jumped at the chance. Writers, singers, political activists, and thinkers all posed for her. Now her portraits hang in Washington, D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery, where children of all...

Discover the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the graffiti street art movement pioneer.

Examines the life and work of the artist whose determination to be true to her African-American heritage brought about an influential new art form.