Bronze bust on a pedestal.
Bust of Martin Luther King Jr. in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

See also: African American Artists

Statues

  • Daisy Lee Gatson Bates
    Bronze by Benjamin Victor, 2022. Placed in 2024.
    National Statuary Hall.
  • Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune
    Marble by Nilda M. Comas, 2021. Placed in 2022.
    National Statuary Hall.
  • Frederick Douglass
    Bronze by Steve Weitzman, 2007. Placed in 2013.
    Capitol Visitor Center, Emancipation Hall.
  • Rosa Parks
    Bronze by Eugene Daub, 2013.
    National Statuary Hall.

Busts

Portraits

  • Blanche Kelso Bruce
    Senator from Mississippi.
    Oil on canvas by Simmie Knox, 2002.
    Senate Wing, third floor.
  • Shirley Chisholm
    Representative from New York.
    Oil on canvas by Kadir Nelson, 2008.
    House Connecting Corridor, first floor.
  • John Conyers Jr.
    Chair of House Committee on Government Operations 1989-1994.
    Oil on canvas by Simmie Knox, 2006.

  • John Conyers Jr.
    Chair of House Committee on the Judiciary 2007-2010.
    Oil on canvas by Simmie Knox, 2015.

  • Elijah Eugene Cummings
    Chair of House Committee on Oversight and Reform 2019.
    Oil on canvas by Jerrell Gibbs, 2021.

  • William Levi Dawson
    Chair of Committee on Government Operations 1955–1970.
    Oil on canvas by Robert Bruce Williams, 1968.
  • Ron Dellums
    Chair of House Committee on Armed Services 1993–1994.
    Oil on canvas by André White, 1997.
  • Charles C. Diggs Jr.
    Chair of House Committee on the District of Columbia (abolished) 1973–1978.
    Photograph on canvas by Joseph D. Clipper Jr., 1973.
  • William H. Gray III
    Chair of the House Committee on the Budget 1985–1988.
    Oil on canvas by Simmie Knox, 1996.
  • Augustus Hawkins
    Chair of House Committee on Education and Labor 1984–1991.
    Oil on canvas by Joseph Maniscalco, 1990.
    2181 Rayburn House Office Building.

  • Eddie Bernice Johnson
    Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 2019-2022.
    Oil on canvas by Ying-He Liu, 2022.

  • Parren Mitchell
    Chair of the House Committee on Small Business 1981–1986.
    Photograph on canvas by Joseph D. Clipper, Jr., 1982.

  • Joseph Hayne Rainey
    Representative from South Carolina, first African-American to serve in the House.
    Oil on canvas by Simmie Knox, 2004.
    House Connecting Corridor, first floor.

  • Charles B. Rangel
    Chair of House Committee on Ways and Means 2007-2010.
    Oil on canvas by Simmie Knox, 2008.

  • Edolphus Towns
    Chair of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 2009-2010.
    Oil on canvas by Vincent Chiaramonte, 2011.

Paintings

Murals

  • Crispus Attucks in The Boston Massacre, 1770
    Lunette in fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1871.
    Senate Appropriations Committee Room, S-128, north wall.
  • Henry Garnet and several unidentified men in Civil Rights Bill Passes, 1866
    Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1974.
    House wing, first floor, east corridor (Hall of Capitols).
  • Ronald E. McNair in Challenger Crew
    Oil on canvas by Charles Schmidt, 1987.
    Brumidi Corridor, Senate wing, first floor.
  • Joseph H. Rainey in "The First Black Congressman" vignette next to Women's Suffrage Parade, 1917
    Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1982.
    House wing, first floor, main east–west corridor (Great Experiment Hall).
  • Three workmen in "The Cotton Gin" vignette next to Iron Foundry, circa 1850
    Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1982.
    House wing, first floor, main east–west corridor (Great Experiment Hall).
  • Unidentified man in Capitol Site Selection, 1791
    Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1974.
    House wing, first floor, east corridor (Hall of Capitols).
  • Unidentified man in Cornwallis Sues for Cessation of Hostilities Under the Flag of Truce
    Fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1857.
    Members' Private Dining Room, H-117 (moved from House Chamber).
  • Unidentified man and woman in "Sharecroppers" vignette in groin vault
    Oil on canvas by EverGreene Painting Studios, 1993.
    House wing, first floor, west corridor (Westward Expansion Hall).
  • Unidentified man voting in "Emancipation Proclamation" vignette next to Lincoln's Second Inaugural, 1865
    Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1982.
    House wing, first floor, main east–west corridor (Great Experiment Hall).
  • Unidentified young man holding mule in Westward the Course of Empire Takes It Way
    Stereochromy by Emanuel Leutze, 1862.
    House wing, west stairway.

Plaques

  • Slave Labor Commemorative Marker
    Bronze plaque on Aquia Creek Sandstone made to commemorate the role that slave labor played in the construction of the Capitol Building. Installed 2012.
    Capitol Visitor Center, Emancipation Hall.
  • Officer Jacob Chestnut
    Bronze plaque memorial to Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson who gave their lives defending the United States Capitol on July 24, 1998. Installed 1998.
    U.S. Capitol Memorial Door.