Black Pantheon

  • Aretha Franklin
    Chester Higgins
    Aretha Franklin, 1970
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3)
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
  • Aimé Cesaire
    Chester Higgins
    Aimé Cesaire, 1992
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Al Green
    Chester Higgins
    Al Green, 1971
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Alex Haley
    Chester Higgins
    Alex Haley, 1976
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
  • Alice Walker, Brooklyn, New York
    Chester Higgins
    Alice Walker, Brooklyn, New York, 1980
    Gelatin silver print
    8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
  • Amiri Baraka
    Chester Higgins
    Amiri Baraka, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Angela Davis
    Chester Higgins
    Angela Davis, 2000
    Gelatin silver print
    8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
  • Barbara Chase-Riboud
    Chester Higgins
    Barbara Chase-Riboud, 2000
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6cm)
  • Betty Shabazz, 1972
    Chester Higgins
    Betty Shabazz, 1972, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
  • Bob Marley, Final Performance, Madison Square Garden, New York
    Chester Higgins
    Bob Marley, Final Performance, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1980
    Gelatin silver print
    16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
  • Calvin O. Butts III
    Chester Higgins
    Calvin O. Butts III, 1985
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Carmen de Lavallade
    Chester Higgins
    Carmen de Lavallade, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
  • Chinua Achebe
    Chester Higgins
    Chinua Achebe, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Cicely Tyson
    Chester Higgins
    Cicely Tyson, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
  • Coretta Scott King
    Chester Higgins
    Coretta Scott King, 1970
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Deborah Willis
    Chester Higgins
    Deborah Willis, 1982
    Gelatin silver print
    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
  • Duke Ellington
    Chester Higgins
    Duke Ellington, 1969
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Ellis Haizlip
    Chester Higgins
    Ellis Haizlip, 1973
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Faith Ringgold
    Chester Higgins
    Faith Ringgold, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Fannie Lou Hamer
    Chester Higgins
    Fannie Lou Hamer, 1974
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Gordon Parks
    Chester Higgins
    Gordon Parks, 1998
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Haile Selassie
    Chester Higgins
    Haile Selassie, 1973
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Harry Belafonte
    Chester Higgins
    Harry Belafonte, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Hugh Masekela
    Chester Higgins
    Hugh Masekela, 1998
    Gelatin silver print
    11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
  • Jackie Robinson
    Chester Higgins
    Jackie Robinson, 1969
    Gelatin silver print
    16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
  • Jacob Lawrence
    Chester Higgins
    Jacob Lawrence, 1974
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • James Baldwin
    Chester Higgins
    James Baldwin, 1988
    Gelatin silver print
    16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
  • James Vanderzee
    Chester Higgins
    James Vanderzee, 1980
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Leontyne Price
    Chester Higgins
    Leontyne Price, 2005
    Gelatin silver print
    8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
  • John Henrik Clarke
    Chester Higgins
    John Henrik Clarke, 1998
    Gelatin silver print
    8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
  • Judith Jamison
    Chester Higgins
    Judith Jamison, 1974
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Kathleen Cleaver
    Chester Higgins
    Kathleen Cleaver, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Kofi Annan, United Nations
    Chester Higgins
    Kofi Annan, United Nations, 1998
    Gelatin silver print
    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
  • Louis Farrakhan
    Chester Higgins
    Louis Farrakhan, 1970
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Mary Lou Williams
    Chester Higgins
    Mary Lou Williams, 1974
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Max Roach
    Chester Higgins
    Max Roach, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Maya Angelou
    Chester Higgins
    Maya Angelou, 1970
    Gelatin silver print
    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
  • Melvin Van Peebles
    Chester Higgins
    Melvin Van Peebles, 2010
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Miles Davis
    Chester Higgins
    Miles Davis, 1974
    Gelatin silver print
    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
  • Muddy Waters
    Chester Higgins
    Muddy Waters, 1969
    Gelatin silver print
    11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
  • Muhammad Ali
    Chester Higgins
    Muhammad Ali, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
  • Nelson Mandela, Stockholm, Sweden
    Chester Higgins
    Nelson Mandela, Stockholm, Sweden, 1990
    Gelatin silver print
    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
  • P. H Polk
    Chester Higgins
    P. H Polk, 1969
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles
    Chester Higgins
    Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk
    Chester Higgins
    Rahsaan Roland Kirk, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Ralph Ellison
    Chester Higgins
    Ralph Ellison, 1974
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Richard Hunt
    Chester Higgins
    Richard Hunt, 2005
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Romare Bearden, New York
    Chester Higgins
    Romare Bearden, New York, 1975
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Rosa Parks, Harlem, New York
    Chester Higgins
    Rosa Parks, Harlem, New York, 1994
    Gelatin silver print
    8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
  • Roy DeCarava
    Chester Higgins
    Roy DeCarava, 1991
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Ruby & Ossie Davis
    Chester Higgins
    Ruby & Ossie Davis, 1970
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
  • Shirley Chisholm
    Chester Higgins
    Shirley Chisholm, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
  • Sidney Poitier,
    Chester Higgins
    Sidney Poitier,, 1972
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Spike Lee, Harlem, New York
    Chester Higgins
    Spike Lee, Harlem, New York, 1988
    Gelatin silver print
    8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
  • Sun Ra
    Chester Higgins
    Sun Ra, 1989
    Gelatin silver print
    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
  • Toni Morrison
    Chester Higgins
    Toni Morrison, 1970
    Gelatin silver print
    14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Verta Mae Smart
    Chester Higgins
    Verta Mae Smart
    Gelatin silver print
    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)