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

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

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

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
Migration Series No.56: The African American professionals were forced to follow their clients in order to make a living, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.56: The African American professionals were forced to follow their clients in order to make a living

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.59: In the North they had the freedom to vote, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.59: In the North they had the freedom to vote

1940 – 1941
Girl with Yellow Hat, Norman Lewis

Girl with Yellow Hat

Norman Lewis, 1936
Flight, from The Emperor Jones series, Aaron Douglas

Flight, from The Emperor Jones series

Aaron Douglas, 1926
Migration Series No.31: The migrants found improved housing when they arrived north, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.31: The migrants found improved housing when they arrived north

1940 – 1941
From Beyond, Nicholas Roerich

From Beyond

Nicholas Roerich, 1936
Portrait of the Duchess of Urbino, Piero della Francesca

Portrait of the Duchess of Urbino

Piero della Francesca, 1465 – 1466
Migration Series No.18: The migration gained in momentum, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.18: The migration gained in momentum

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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