Migration Series No.28: The labor agent sent south by northern industry was a familiar presence in the Black communities Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.29: The labor agent recruited unsuspecting laborers as strike breakers for northern industries Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.30: In every southern home people met to decide whether or not to go north Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.31: The migrants found improved housing when they arrived north Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.32: The railroad stations in the South were crowded with northbound travelers Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.33: Letters from relatives in the North told of the better life there Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.34: The Black press urged the people to leave the South Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.36: Migrants arrived in Chicago, the gateway to the West Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.37: Many migrants found work in the steel industry Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.38: They also worked on the railroads Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.40: The migrants arrived in great numbers Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.41: The South was desperate to keep its cheap labor. Northern labor agents were jailed or forced to operate in secrecy Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.42: To make it difficult for the migrants to leave, they were arrested en masse. They often missed their trains Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
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, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.44: But living conditions were better in the North Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.45: The migrants arrived in Pittsburgh, one of the great industrial centers of the North Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.46: Industries boarded their workers in unhealthy quarters. Labor camps were numerous Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.47: As the migrant population grew, good housing became scarce. Workers were forced to live in overcrowded and dilapidated tenement houses Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.48: Housing was a serious problem Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind Jacob Lawrence, 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, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.51: African Americans seeking to find better housing attempted to move into new areas. This resulted in the bombing of their new homes Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.52: One of the most violent race riots occurred in East St. Louis Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.54: For the migrants, the church was the center of life Jacob Lawrence, 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, 1940 – 1941
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.57: The female workers were the last to arrive north Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.58: In the North the African American had more educational opportunities Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.59: In the North they had the freedom to vote Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.60: And the migrants kept coming Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Poem Object André Breton, 1941
Pueblo Craftsmen, Palace of the Governor Santa Fe Pablita Velarde, 1941
Red Hill and Bones Georgia O'Keeffe, 1941
The Magic Flower Game Dorothea Tanning, 1941
Woman in an Armchair Pablo Picasso, 1941
Workers Claude Clark, 1941
Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, Pardons the Sentry Horace Pippin, 1942
After Xhorkum Arshile Gorky, 1940 – 1942
American Gothic Gordon Parks, 1942
Ardhanarishvara Nandalal Bose, 1942
Blue Animal with Five Figures Bill Traylor, 1939 – 1942
Brown House with Multiple Figures and Birds Bill Traylor, 1939 – 1942
Flowers Giorgio Morandi, 1942
For contemplation Albert Gleizes, 1942
Homesteaders William H. Johnson, 1942
I Saluted at Six Paces Commandant Lefebvre des Noëttes André Breton, 1942
