Accompanying the much-publicized travelling exhibition African American Masters, this book highlights influential and important African American 20th-century artists, from those of the early part of the century to important participants in the Harlem Renaissance, from self-taught and folk artists to urbane modernists, right up to the vigorous contemporary art scene. The text also includes sidebars highlighting individual pictures and creators, completing a wonderful chapter in the history of American art and in African American life and achievement