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The Artists
Jacob Lawrence was a
U.S.
Artist of the African Diaspora
born on September 7, 1917. Lawrence contributed to the
Harlem Renaissance
movement and died on June 9, 2000.
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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
1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.52: One of the most violent race riots occurred in East St. Louis
1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain
1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.54: For the migrants, the church was the center of life
1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.55: The migrants, having moved suddenly into a crowded and unhealthy environment, soon contracted tuberculosis. The death rate rose
1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.56: The African American professionals were forced to follow their clients in order to make a living
1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.57: The female workers were the last to arrive north
1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.58: In the North the African American had more educational opportunities
1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.59: In the North they had the freedom to vote
1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.60: And the migrants kept coming
1940 – 1941
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Harlem Renaissance Artists
Lawrence's Contemporaries
Charles Alston
"The idea of a march was growing"
1907 – 1977
Palmer Hayden
1890 – 1973
Archibald Motley
1891 – 1981
1901
2000
Elizabeth Catlett
Robert Motherwell
Chang Ucchin
Louisa Matthíasdóttir
Leonora Carrington
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