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Migration Series No.6: The trains were crowded with migrants

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.6: The trains were crowded with migrants, Jacob Lawrence
Migration Series No.6: The trains were crowded with migrants, zoomed in
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Migration Series No.6: The trains were crowded with migrants 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.6: The trains were crowded with migrants in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.16: After a lynching the migration quickened, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.16: After a lynching the migration quickened

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

Migration Series No.42: To make it difficult for the migrants to leave, they were arrested en masse. They often missed their trains

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
The Judgment Day, Aaron Douglas

The Judgment Day

Aaron Douglas, 1927
Migration Series No.48: Housing was a serious problem, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.48: Housing was a serious problem

1940 – 1941
Ubi Girl from Tai Region, Loïs Mailou Jones

Ubi Girl from Tai Region

Loïs Mailou Jones, 1972
Sleep Mask, Adolph Gottlieb

Sleep Mask

Adolph Gottlieb, 1945
Migration Series No.33: Letters from relatives in the North told of the better life there, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.33: Letters from relatives in the North told of the better life there

1940 – 1941
The Water, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

The Water

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, 1962
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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