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An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 2018. ISBN   9780195059090. OCLC   1103917174. For this book, she won the 2018 Hooks National Book Award from the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis. [28] [29] [30] [31]
  • Artistic Citizenship: A Public Voice for the Arts. New York: Taylor & Francis. 2006. ISBN   9780415978668. OCLC   963681661.
  • Memory and metaphor : the art of Romare Bearden, 1940-1987. New York: Studio Museum in Harlem. 1991. ISBN   9780195063479. OCLC   885231664 . Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  • Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America. New York: Harry N. Abrams. 1987. ISBN   9780810981287. OCLC   13945412.

    • Schmidt Campbell has contributed to several discussions, articles on higher education topics. In 2020, she penned an op-ed for The New York Times in response to how the college was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. [32] She also appeared on MSNBC's PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting historically Black colleges and universities. [33]

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    Mary Schmidt Campbell
    10thPresident of Spelman College
    In office
    2015–2022