In Master, Please, one of Harvey's most disturbing examinations of race relations, the artist interprets the sexual exploitation of a young female slave by her lecherous master. As indicated by Harvey's explanation, she sees beyond the painful act by illustrating its present-day implication: She's asking him 'Master please,' not to hurt her, not to do this thing to her, but he did anyway, and that's how some of the African Americans are light-complected and some are dark-complected. We're a mixed race of people now, because of being taken advantage of, and it's nothing no more to worry about because now the whole world is mixed. Click here to hear Bessie Harvey talk about this piece.

AWAKENING THE SPIRITS Is what Ms. Harvey does. When she dreams, She make her dreams come from Up above. By the use of Wood is how they Come alive, and How her paintings make all of Us cry. Within her Creations how blacks survived and lived. Commanded by the White man, I think That they would Rather be killed. Her painting and art work can teach Us a lot about Black history, By unsolving the untold mystery. Anthony Brewster