Ainslie Burke, Fort Island, Maine, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the Art in Embassies Program; Gift of Kraushaar Galleries, Inc.

United Press International, Martin Luther King Delivering His Address, Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963, 1963, Black and white copy photograph, Courtesy of the Art in Embassies Program and the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Gyorgy Kepes, Melted Glow, 1964, Oil on canvas, Gift of the artist to the ART in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Jacob Lawrence, Supermarket Flora, 1997, Silkscreen on paper, Courtesy of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, Washington, D.C.

Warren Leffler, Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963, 1963, Black and white copy photograph, Courtesy of the Art in Embassies Program and the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Reginald Marsh, Ocean Inlet, Watercolor, Gift of William Benton to the Art in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Reginald Marsh, Breakers, Watercolor, Gift of William Benton to the Art in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Lowell Nesbitt, White-Green Monochrome Flowers, 1979, Acrylic on canvas, Courtesy of Mr. Charles Revson, Greenwich, Connecticut

Lowell Nesbitt, Light Green Monochrome Flowers, 1979, Acrylic on canvas, Courtesy of Mr. Charles Revson, Greenwich, Connecticut

Lowell Nesbitt, Green Monochrome Flowers, 1979, Acrylic on canvas, Courtesy of Mr. Charles Revson, Greenwich, Connecticut