These seven bronze time capsules were created by Houston Conwill and contain confidential testaments by seven distinguished Black Americans: visual artist Romare Bearden (1911–1988); historian Lerone Bennett Jr. (1928–2018); the first Black mayor of Gary, Indiana, Richard Gordon Hatcher (1933–2019); attorney, activist, and current United States Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (b. 1937); writer Toni Morrison (1931–2019); and opera singer Leontyne Price (b.1927). The capsules will be opened in September 2034, fifty years after their creation. The time capsules were originally buried in the Studio Museum’s sculpture garden on August 12, 1984 with the assistance of ten New York City school children.