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Migration Series No.34: The Black press urged the people to leave the South

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.34: The Black press urged the people to leave the South, Jacob Lawrence
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Migration Series No.34: The Black press urged the people to leave the South 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.34: The Black press urged the people to leave the South in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.48: Housing was a serious problem, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.48: Housing was a serious problem

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.58: In the North the African American had more educational opportunities, Jacob Lawrence

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

1940 – 1941
Photographers from the Negro press, Gordon Parks

Photographers from the Negro press

Gordon Parks, 1942
Girl with Yellow Hat, Norman Lewis

Girl with Yellow Hat

Norman Lewis, 1936
Migration Series No.11: Food had doubled in price because of the war, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.11: Food had doubled in price because of the war

1940 – 1941
From Beyond, Nicholas Roerich

From Beyond

Nicholas Roerich, 1936
Migration Series No.8: Some left because of promises of work in the North. Others left because their farms had been devastated by floods, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.8: Some left because of promises of work in the North. Others left because their farms had been devastated by floods

1940 – 1941
Angels (Paradise), Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Angels (Paradise)

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, 1909
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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