Alma Thomas, Red Atmosphere, Acrylic on canvas,25″ x 52″ 1973

Daniel “Chappie” James Jr. collection in the Aerospace Engineering Building, Tuskegee University.

Daniel Chappie James Jr. collection in the Aerospace Engineering Building, Tuskegee University.

Daniel “Chappie” James Jr. was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, who in 1975 became the first African American to reach the rank of four-star general. He flew the F4 in the image above. It is located on the grounds of Tuskegee University.

Tuskegee Airmen National Museum

Tuskegee Airmen National Museum

Dr. Robinson, curator of The Legacy Museum, touring The Tuskegee Airmen National Museum with Paul Messier and Ian McClure of Yale University.

John T. Biggers, Origins, 1992, Acrylic on canvas, 360”x180”, Gift of the Winston-Salem Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

John T. Biggers, Ascensions, 1992, Acrylic on canvas, 360”x180”, Gift of the Winston-Salem Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Paul Messier and Ian McClure on a tour of the Tuskegee University archives.

Edvard Munch, Frontal Man at Left, Nude with Man in Back on Right, 1944, Lithograph on wove paper, 13” x 18”, Gift of Gordon Hanes

Paul Messier views the diorama depicting The Boston Massacre.

Ian McClure views four of the dioramas.

John Thomas Biggers, Seed, 1983, Lithograph 58/100, 17.25”x23”. Gift of Hannah Diggs Atkins.

Ian McClure photographs one of the twenty remaining dioramas from the 1940 Negro Exposition.

Elizabeth Catlett, Virginia, 1984, Lithograph, collage, 17”x 14”, Gift of Gordon Hanes.

Dr. Robinson, curator of The Legacy Museum, discusses “The Little Newspaper Boy” with Ian McClure and Paul Messier, Yale University conservators visiting Tuskegee.