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Migration Series No.15: There were lynchings

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.15: There were lynchings, Jacob Lawrence
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30.5 cmMigration Series No.15: There were lynchings scale comparison45.7 cm

Migration Series No.15: There were lynchings 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.15: There were lynchings in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.7: The migrant, whose life had been rural and nurtured by the earth, was now moving to urban life dependent on industrial machinery, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.7: The migrant, whose life had been rural and nurtured by the earth, was now moving to urban life dependent on industrial machinery

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.29: The labor agent recruited unsuspecting laborers as strike breakers for northern industries, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.29: The labor agent recruited unsuspecting laborers as strike breakers for northern industries

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
The Harp, Augusta Savage

The Harp

Augusta Savage, 1939
Dusk, Gwendolyn Knight

Dusk

Gwendolyn Knight, 1960
Black Belt, Archibald Motley

Black Belt

Archibald Motley, 1934
Song of the Towers, Aaron Douglas

Song of the Towers

Aaron Douglas, 1966
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
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
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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