During Lewis' time (and even now), black artists are under-appreciated and underestimated, many of them fell to the bottom of the ocean with their talent. Lewis, however, refused to accept the concept of being "less." He used his paintings to express his rage against racism. The painting shown  above does not have a title, but the theme is the KKK movement. If you look at the white triangular part of the painting, you can see figures of people wearing the cloaks that are symbolic of the group of white male superiority, the KKK. The contrary color of black and white also suggest the intense relationship between black and white community. To me, the black part of the painting appears to be fully black, like a shadow cast by the light shining upon the white, which leaves the other part out of sight. Lewis was trying to communicate is the neglect of the black culture and community.