Explores how visual art has served as a powerful outlet for protest, commentary, and resilience in African American history. Featuring works by Amy Sherald, Elizabeth Catlett, David Hammons, and others across photography, sculpture, and painting, this book examines art that embodies defiance and healing. Based on the NMAAHC exhibition, it draws from the museum's permanent collection to address the struggles Black Americans have faced in pursuit of constitutional rights and freedoms, with particular focus on the dual crises of Covid-19 and systemic racism that defined 2020.