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Migration Series No.9: They left because the boll weevil had ravaged the cotton crop

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.9: They left because the boll weevil had ravaged the cotton crop, Jacob Lawrence
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Migration Series No.9: They left because the boll weevil had ravaged the cotton crop 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.9: They left because the boll weevil had ravaged the cotton crop in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.8: Some left because of promises of work in the North. Others left because their farms had been devastated by floods, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.8: Some left because of promises of work in the North. Others left because their farms had been devastated by floods

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.10: They were very poor, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.10: They were very poor

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.19: There had always been discrimination, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.19: There had always been discrimination

1940 – 1941
Meeting Place, Norman Lewis

Meeting Place

Norman Lewis, 1941
Flight, from The Emperor Jones series, Aaron Douglas

Flight, from The Emperor Jones series

Aaron Douglas, 1926
Holy Mountain, I, Horace Pippin

Holy Mountain, I

Horace Pippin, 1944
Migration Series No.26: And people all over the South continued to discuss this great movement, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.26: And people all over the South continued to discuss this great movement

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.51: African Americans seeking to find better housing attempted to move into new areas. This resulted in the bombing of their new homes, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.51: African Americans seeking to find better housing attempted to move into new areas. This resulted in the bombing of their new homes

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.58: In the North the African American had more educational opportunities, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.58: In the North the African American had more educational opportunities

1940 – 1941
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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