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Migration Series No.49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind, Jacob Lawrence
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Migration Series No.49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind 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.49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind in the Kaleidoscope

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
Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.55: The migrants, having moved suddenly into a crowded and unhealthy environment, soon contracted tuberculosis. The death rate rose, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.55: The migrants, having moved suddenly into a crowded and unhealthy environment, soon contracted tuberculosis. The death rate rose

1940 – 1941
Meeting Place, Norman Lewis

Meeting Place

Norman Lewis, 1941
Migration Series No.30: In every southern home people met to decide whether or not to go north, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.30: In every southern home people met to decide whether or not to go north

1940 – 1941
Suriname, Loïs Mailou Jones

Suriname

Loïs Mailou Jones, 1982
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
Angels (Paradise), Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Angels (Paradise)

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, 1909
Shakuntala, Nandalal Bose

Shakuntala

Nandalal Bose, 1952
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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