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Migration Series No.18: The migration gained in momentum

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.18: The migration gained in momentum, Jacob Lawrence
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Migration Series No.18: The migration gained in momentum 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. SourceSee Migration Series No.18: The migration gained in momentum in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.3: From every southern town migrants left by the hundreds to travel north, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.3: From every southern town migrants left by the hundreds to travel north

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.17: Tenant farmers received harsh treatment at the hands of the planter, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.17: Tenant farmers received harsh treatment at the hands of the planter

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.54: For the migrants, the church was the center of life, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.54: For the migrants, the church was the center of life

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.52: One of the most violent race riots occurred in East St. Louis, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.52: One of the most violent race riots occurred in East St. Louis

1940 – 1941
Homesteaders, William H. Johnson

Homesteaders

William H. Johnson, 1942
Woman with Bouquet, Laura Wheeler Waring

Woman with Bouquet

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1940
Ripley scroll (Beinecke version, panels 8, 9, 10), George Ripley

Ripley scroll (Beinecke version, panels 8, 9, 10)

George Ripley, 1570
Migration Series No.28: The labor agent sent south by northern industry was a familiar presence in the Black communities, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.28: The labor agent sent south by northern industry was a familiar presence in the Black communities

1940 – 1941
Blind Singer, William H. Johnson

Blind Singer

William H. Johnson, 1940
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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