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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.10: They were very poor, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.10: They were very poor

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.42: To make it difficult for the migrants to leave, they were arrested en masse. They often missed their trains, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.42: To make it difficult for the migrants to leave, they were arrested en masse. They often missed their trains

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.50: Race riots were numerous. White workers were hostile toward the migrant who had been hired to break strikes, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.50: Race riots were numerous. White workers were hostile toward the migrant who had been hired to break strikes

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.41: The South was desperate to keep its cheap labor. Northern labor agents were jailed or forced to operate in secrecy, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.41: The South was desperate to keep its cheap labor. Northern labor agents were jailed or forced to operate in secrecy

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.43: In a few sections of the South leaders of both Black and White communities met to discuss ways of making the South a good place to live, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.43: In a few sections of the South leaders of both Black and White communities met to discuss ways of making the South a good place to live

1940 – 1941
Dancers, Charles Alston

Dancers

Charles Alston, 1949
Altarpiece No. 1 Group X, Hilma af Klint

Altarpiece No. 1 Group X

Hilma af Klint, 1915
Issa and the Skull of the Giant, Nicholas Roerich

Issa and the Skull of the Giant

Nicholas Roerich, 1932
Migration Series No.32: The railroad stations in the South were crowded with northbound travelers, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.32: The railroad stations in the South were crowded with northbound travelers

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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