Jacob Lawrence

War Series: The Letter

War Series: The Letter https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/war-series-the-letter-1946

H. Karl and Nancy von Maltitz Endowment

Free Clinic https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111814/

Dreams No. 2 https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/dreams-no-2-1965

No. 2, Main Control Panel, Nerve Center of Ship

No. 2, Main Control Panel, Nerve Center of Ship https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/no-2-main-control-panel-nerve-center-of-ship-1944

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

And people all over the South began to discuss this great movement http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78531

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

Race riots were very numerous all over the North because of the antagonism that was caused between the Negro and white workers. Many of these riots occurred because the Negro was used as a strike breaker in many of the Northern... http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78544

The Library

The Library https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-library-1960

binding: black cowhide, blind-stamped lettering; endpapers: black wove; slip case: black fabric over cardboard, stamped lettering in violet; type: Foundry Optima Medium John Hersey's unembellished account of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by American forces during the closing days of the Second World War (1939-1945) was first published in The New Yorker magazine in August 1946, one year after Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allies. Hersey based his story on interviews he conducted with six survivors of the blast in days and weeks after the detonation. It caused a national sensation when first published and is today widely noted as one of the finest pieces of journalism of the 20th century. It was later reissued in book form. In a series of boldly articulated full-page screenprints, Jacob Lawrence sympathetically captures the intense emotions and vivid impressions of Hersey's account. Lawrence envisions the victim's reaction to the moment of the "noiseless flash" of the blast on August 6, 1945, their imminent death presaged by the skeleton-like appearance of their bodies.

Hiroshima https://collections.artsmia.org/art/80751/

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78532

Mary Ellen Oldenburg Fund

The Opener from the series The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture http://www.moma.org/collection/works/91563

Strike https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/strike-1949

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

The migrants arrived in great numbers http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78539

Harlem Street Scene

Harlem Street Scene https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116613

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

The migration gained in momentum http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78556

Home Chores

Home Chores https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/home-chores-1945

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

In the North the Negro had better educational facilities http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78548

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

One of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which the migrants indulged occurred in the church http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78546

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

The trains were packed continually with migrants http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78549

Funeral Sermon

Funeral Sermon https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/61169

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

Child labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78530

John B. Turner Fund

The March from the series The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture http://www.moma.org/collection/works/91562

Builders #1

Builders #1 https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/21216/

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

The Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78538

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78554

New Jersey, from the United States Series

New Jersey, from the United States Series https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/new-jersey-from-the-united-states-series-1946

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

They were very poor http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78552

Bootleg Whiskey—You Can Buy Bootleg Whiskey for Twenty-five Cents a Quart, from the series Harlem

Bootleg Whiskey—You Can Buy Bootleg Whiskey for Twenty-five Cents a Quart, from the series Harlem https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/bootleg-whiskey-you-can-buy-bootleg-whiskey-for-twenty-five-cents-a-quart-from-the-series-1943

The Apartment https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-apartment-1943

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

Although the Negro was used to lynching, he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78555

The Shoemaker

The Shoemaker https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-shoemaker-1945