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

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, Jacob Lawrence

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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 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 © 2020 Jacob Lawrence / ARS New York, and used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Political Work. Source

Migration Series No.20: In many of the communities the Black press was read with great interest. It encouraged the movement, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.20: In many of the communities the Black press was read with great interest. It encouraged the movement

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

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

Migration Series No.48: Housing was a serious problem

Aspiration, Aaron Douglas

Aspiration

Aaron Douglas, 1936

The Park Bench, Horace Pippin

The Park Bench

Horace Pippin, 1946

Sunday Morning Breakfast, Horace Pippin

Sunday Morning Breakfast

Horace Pippin, 1943

Serpent of Wisdom, Nicholas Roerich

Serpent of Wisdom

Nicholas Roerich, 1924

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

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

Migration Series No.44: But living conditions were better in the North, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.44: But living conditions were better in the North

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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