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The Future is Brown saw the juxtaposition of Chicano legends like Carlos Almaraz and Frank Romero and their literal and figurative artistic progeny. The Future is Female showed how long-gone Blue Chip artists like Louise Nevelson are still conversing with women working in the arts today. And now comes The Future Is Black, the latest episode in the Bermudez Projects FAST FORWARD series, with a roster of art luminaries, groundbreakers, and unsung heroes.

As Shantay Robinson, Black Art In America scholar, puts it, “Black people have contributed greatly to the larger American cultural landscape. …