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520: Jacob Lawrence and Elizabeth Catlett
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Installation view of the gallery "Jacob Lawrence and Elizabeth Catlett" in the exhibition "Collection 1880s-1940s"
April 7, 2023–March 18, 2024. Photographed in April 2023. IN2518.520.5. Photograph by Jonathan Dorado.
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Jacob Lawrence
A Family
1943
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
And people all over the South began to discuss this great movement
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
In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
One of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which the migrants indulged occurred in the church
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
Among one of the last groups to leave the South was the Negro professional who was forced to follow his clientele to make a living
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
In the North the Negro had better educational facilities
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
And the migrants kept coming
1940-41