Album cover in black ink on a white background. At the top is the title: “Sound: Roscoe Mitchell Sextet” in a blocky, hand-cut style. Below is a photo of a Black man surrounded by concentric circles.

Album cover with a yellow-orange sun scribbled over a red-orange background. At the top, in reversed white type, are the words “sun ra, sun song”.

Sylvia Abernathy, album art for Delmark, 1966.

Abernathy (who later changed her name to “Laini”) is believed to be the first Black woman to be credited as a designer on album covers. Read more: letterformarchive.org/news/laini-s...

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