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Migration Series No.19: There had always been discrimination

Migration Series No.19: There had always been discrimination, 1941, Jacob Lawrence
Migration Series No.19: There had always been discrimination, zoomed in
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Migration Series No.19: There had always been discrimination 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 © 2020 Jacob Lawrence / ARS New York, and used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Political Work. Source

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

1940-1941

Migration Series No.37: Many migrants found work in the steel industry

1940-1941

Migration Series No.58: In the North the African American had more educational opportunities

1940-1941

Migration Series No.22: Migrants left. They did not feel safe. It was not wise to be found on the streets late at night. They were arrested on the slightest provocation

1940-1941

Our Land

Charles White, 1951

Lazy Bones

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, c. 1930

Still Life with Peaches and Carob

Giovanna Garzoni, c. 1640

Migration Series No.1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans

1940-1941

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

1940-1941

Poem Object

André Breton, 1941

Woman in an Armchair

Pablo Picasso, 1941

Girl with a rose

Lê Phổ, 1941

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