African Americans in Art

Artwork in the United States Capitol and legislative buildings featuring African Americans is listed below.

Statues

• Frederick Douglass
  Bronze by Steven Weitzman, 2013
• Rosa Parks
  Bronze by Daub and Firmin Studios, LLC, 2013

Busts

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  Bronze by by John Wilson, 1985.
• Sojourner Truth
  Bronze by by Artis Lane, 2009.

Portraits

• Blanche Kelso Bruce, Senator from Mississippi
  Senate Collection, oil on canvas by Simmie Lee Knox, 2001.
• Shirley Chisholm, Representative from New York
  Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, oil on canvas by Kadir Nelson, 2008.
• William L. Dawson, Chair of Government Operations, 1969–1974
  Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, oil on canvas by Robert Bruce Williams, 1968.
• Ron Dellums, Chair of Armed Services Committee 1993–1994
  Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, oil on canvas by André White, 1997.
• William H. Gray III, Chair of Budget Committee 1985-1988
  Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, oil on canvas by Simmie Lee Knox, 1996.
• Augustus Hawkins, Chair of Education & Labor committee 1984–1991
  Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, oil on canvas by Joseph Maniscalco, 1990.
• Parren Mitchell, Chair of the House Small Business Committee 1981–1986
  Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, photograph on canvas by Joseph D. Clipper, Jr., 1982.

Paintings

• Hannibal Collins
  Battle of Lake Erie, 1813, by William H. Powell, Senate Collection
• Oscar Marion
  General Marion Inviting a British Officer to Share his Meal, by John Blake White, Senate Collection

Murals

• Ronald E. McNair
  The Challenger Crew, Oil on canvas by Charles Schmidt, 1987.
• Crispus Attucks
  The Boston Massacre, 1770, Lunette in fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1871.
• Henry Garnet and several unidentified men
  Civil Rights Bill Passes, 1866, Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1974.
• Unidentified man voting
  "Emancipation Proclamation" vignette next to Lincoln's Second Inaugural, 1865, Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1982.
• Joseph H. Rainey
  "The First Black Congressman" vignette next to Women's Suffrage Parade, 1917, Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1982.

Memorials

• Slave Labor Commemorative Marker
  Commemorating the important role played by laborers, including enslaved African Americans, in building the United States Capitol, 2012.
• Officer Jacob Chestnut
  Chestnut-Gibson Plaque, Memorial to Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson who gave their lives defending the United States Capitol on July 24, 1998.