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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.14: For African Americans there was no justice in the southern courts, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.14: For African Americans there was no justice in the southern courts

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.52: One of the most violent race riots occurred in East St. Louis, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.52: One of the most violent race riots occurred in East St. Louis

1940 – 1941
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
Migration Series No.12: The railroad stations were at times so crowded with people leaving that special guards had to be called to keep order, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.12: The railroad stations were at times so crowded with people leaving that special guards had to be called to keep order

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.29: The labor agent recruited unsuspecting laborers as strike breakers for northern industries, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.29: The labor agent recruited unsuspecting laborers as strike breakers for northern industries

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.52: One of the most violent race riots occurred in East St. Louis, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.52: One of the most violent race riots occurred in East St. Louis

1940 – 1941
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