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Migration Series No.10: They were very poor

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.10: They were very poor, Jacob Lawrence
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Migration Series No.10: They were very poor is a Harlem Renaissance Tempera and Hardboard Painting created by Jacob Lawrence from 1940 to 1941. It lives at the MOMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York. The image is © Estate of Jacob Lawrence / ARS, New York, and used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Political Work and Social Realism. SourceSee Migration Series No.10: They were very poor in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.6: The trains were crowded with migrants, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.6: The trains were crowded with migrants

1940 – 1941
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.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.45: The migrants arrived in Pittsburgh, one of the great industrial centers of the North, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.45: The migrants arrived in Pittsburgh, one of the great industrial centers of the North

1940 – 1941
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