The Wine Press Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1865
Massilia, Greek Colony Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1868 – 1869
Portrait of Amelia Van Buren Thomas Eakins, 1891
Two Girls Berthe Morisot, 1894
Migration Series No.1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.3: From every southern town migrants left by the hundreds to travel north Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.5: Migrants were advanced passage on the railroads, paid for by northern industry. Northern industry was to be repaid by the migrants out of their future wages Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.7: The migrant, whose life had been rural and nurtured by the earth, was now moving to urban life dependent on industrial machinery Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.9: They left because the boll weevil had ravaged the cotton crop Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.11: Food had doubled in price because of the war Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.13: The crops were left to dry and rot. There was no one to tend them Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.15: There were lynchings Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.17: Tenant farmers received harsh treatment at the hands of the planter Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.19: There had always been discrimination Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.21: Families arrived at the station very early. They did not wish to miss their trains north Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.23: The migration spread Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.25: They left their homes. Soon some communities were left almost empty Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.27: Many men stayed behind until they could take their families north with them 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.31: The migrants found improved housing when they arrived north 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.35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.37: Many migrants found work in the steel industry Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage 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.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.45: The migrants arrived in Pittsburgh, one of the great industrial centers of the North 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.49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind 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.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain 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.57: The female workers were the last to arrive north Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.59: In the North they had the freedom to vote Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
