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Migration Series No.1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans, Jacob Lawrence
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Migration Series No.1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans is a Harlem Renaissance Tempera and Hardboard Painting created by Jacob Lawrence from 1940 to 1941. It lives at the The Phillips Collection in the United States. The image is © Estate of Jacob Lawrence / ARS, New York, and used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Political Work. SourceSee Migration Series No.1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.13: The crops were left to dry and rot. There was no one to tend them, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.13: The crops were left to dry and rot. There was no one to tend them

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.18: The migration gained in momentum, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.18: The migration gained in momentum

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.22: Migrants left. They did not feel safe. It was not wise to be found on the streets late at night. They were arrested on the slightest provocation, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.22: Migrants left. They did not feel safe. It was not wise to be found on the streets late at night. They were arrested on the slightest provocation

1940 – 1941
The Judgment Day, Aaron Douglas

The Judgment Day

Aaron Douglas, 1927
The Harp, Augusta Savage

The Harp

Augusta Savage, 1939
Migration Series No.52: One of the most violent race riots occurred in East St. Louis, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.52: One of the most violent race riots occurred in East St. Louis

1940 – 1941
Saint Panteleimon the Healer, Nicholas Roerich

Saint Panteleimon the Healer

Nicholas Roerich, 1931
Migration Series No.5: Migrants were advanced passage on the railroads, paid for by northern industry. Northern industry was to be repaid by the migrants out of their future wages, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.5: Migrants were advanced passage on the railroads, paid for by northern industry. Northern industry was to be repaid by the migrants out of their future wages

1940 – 1941
In the Garden, Édouard Vuillard

In the Garden

Édouard Vuillard, 1898
Poem Object, André Breton

Poem Object

André Breton, 1941
Woman in an Armchair, Pablo Picasso

Woman in an Armchair

Pablo Picasso, 1941
Girl with a rose, Lê Phổ

Girl with a rose

Lê Phổ, 1941

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