Art is more than just paintings and drawings. There's always a meaning. In these paintings, ther is a great amount of depth and meaning. The first photo portrays the hardships that the African Americans underwent. It represents a dream that was not deferred, and it is saying that the result of this dream was so great, that the dreamer, Martin Luther King, Jr. has made the "Dream Hall of Fame". The next picture is a drawing of the passion African Americans have for music. You see a guy on the piano, with a girl standing next to him, possibly singing. Around the time of the invention of the genre, jazz, the piano, the saxophone, and the trumpet were very important instruments. This picture further shows the meaning behind this, expressing the importance of African American history. The last picture, entitled, "The Beauty of Color", is so catchy and interesting. Of course, one would think beauty because the women are dressed in evening gowns, but it is deeper than that. The beauty of color is talking more about the beauty of their skin tones, rather than the beauty of their dresses. The fact that they are dressed up makes the pickture look even better, but the message is in the skin.
All cultural groups have a unique style of art, African American being just one of them. 
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