African American artists have participated in every major art style and movement since before the founding of this nation. However, until recent decades, this "grand epic" had been marginalized within the traditional survey canon of American art. Art historians have undertaken considerable scholarship (Bearden & Henderson, 1993; Farrington, 2011, 2016; Jenkins, 2022; Lewis, 2003; Patton, 1998) over the past several decades to address a gap in the field's literature. In this article, Mary Soylu examines an art history project at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in Alabama that recognized the need for (1) pedagogical innovation in art history and (2) increasing the visibility of African American artists within the canon of American art history.