I had this idea that I wanted to do this mixture of visions of African American women and visions of African American men. And call it 'The Men' and call it 'The Women' and show different faces of these two people.

Ringgold is represented by ACA Gallery. She has influenced numerous modern artists including Linda Freeman and known some of the greatest African American artists personally including Romare Bearden Jacob Lawrence and Betye Saar. Black Entertainment Television (BET) had aired several episodes of the television series Roc in which a Ringgold poster was shown on nine different occasions for a total of 26.

She is professor emeritus in the University of California San Diego visual art department.