Bearden's collage work combined newspaper clippings, magazine fragments, and paint on canvas to explore Black identity, community, and social narratives, closely mirroring Taku's layered newspaper and acrylic approach. His thematic focus on familial bonds and collective responsibility directly echoes the subject matter of My Brother's Keeper.

Crosby layers printed collage elements including reproduced photographs and text fragments onto painted surfaces to explore identity, family, and postcolonial social commentary, reflecting the same mixed media sensibility Taku employs. Her integration of culturally loaded imagery within a painted canvas context mirrors Taku's conceptual and material approach.

Bailey creates densely layered mixed media paintings on canvas incorporating newspaper, text, and acrylic to examine history, memory, and collective Black experience, paralleling Taku's technique and thematic concerns. His works carry a similar sense of social responsibility and narrative weight conveyed through material accumulation.