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Installation view of the exhibition "Art of the Forties"
February 20, 1991–April 30, 1991. Photographic Archive. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. IN1574.5. Photograph by Mali Olatunji.
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Andrew Wyeth
Christina's World
1948
Jacob Lawrence
The World War had caused a great shortage in Northern industry and also citizens of foreign countries were returning home
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
Child labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The trains were packed continually with migrants
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The migration gained in momentum
1940-41