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

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.13: The crops were left to dry and rot. There was no one to tend them, Jacob Lawrence
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Migration Series No.13: The crops were left to dry and rot. There was no one to tend them 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.13: The crops were left to dry and rot. There was no one to tend them in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.23: The migration spread, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.23: The migration spread

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.25: They left their homes. Soon some communities were left almost empty, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.25: They left their homes. Soon some communities were left almost empty

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.48: Housing was a serious problem, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.48: Housing was a serious problem

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain

1940 – 1941
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