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

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.56: The African American professionals were forced to follow their clients in order to make a living, Jacob Lawrence
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Migration Series No.56: The African American professionals were forced to follow their clients in order to make a living 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.56: The African American professionals were forced to follow their clients in order to make a living in the Kaleidoscope

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
Migration Series No.50: Race riots were numerous. White workers were hostile toward the migrant who had been hired to break strikes, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.50: Race riots were numerous. White workers were hostile toward the migrant who had been hired to break strikes

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain

1940 – 1941
The Judgment Day, Aaron Douglas

The Judgment Day

Aaron Douglas, 1939
Migration Series No.48: Housing was a serious problem, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.48: Housing was a serious problem

1940 – 1941
Cocktails, Archibald Motley

Cocktails

Archibald Motley, 1926
Step-Sister's Hen, Leonora Carrington

Step-Sister's Hen

Leonora Carrington, 1952
Migration Series No.50: Race riots were numerous. White workers were hostile toward the migrant who had been hired to break strikes, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.50: Race riots were numerous. White workers were hostile toward the migrant who had been hired to break strikes

1940 – 1941
In the Garden, Édouard Vuillard

In the Garden

Édouard Vuillard, 1898
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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