"My right is a future of equality with other Americans" is the final image of the 15 prints in Elizabeth Catlett’s major series "The Negro Woman", made in Mexico City in 1946–1947. (Catlett originally envisioned the series as encompassing prints, paintings, and sculpture, but finding it lacked cohesion, she decided to focus on a sequence of linoleum cuts, each with a manifesto-like title.) Together, they form an epic narrative that tells of the struggles, oppression, and achievements of African-American women, punctuated by images of important historical figures including the poet Phyllis Wheatley and abolitionists Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman. The series is book-ended by close-up views of the heads of two strong and proud young black women. Even though "My right is a future of equality with other Americans" is small in scale, Catlett gave the woman’s head a monumental quality by having it fill the entire composition. The extraordinary pattern of lines that encircle the woman’s head and neck suggests a powerful sculptural form. Catlett exhibited "The Negro Woman" series—including this very print—in her first monographic exhibition at the Barnett-Aden Gallery in Washington, D.C. from December 1947 through January 1948.