Jacob Lawrence

Firewood #55

Firewood #55 https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/firewood-55-1942

War Series: Beachhead

War Series: Beachhead https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/war-series-beachhead-1947

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

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Kastor

Sedation http://www.moma.org/collection/works/33186

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

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

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78545

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

They did not always leave because they were promised work in the North. Many of them left because of Southern conditions, one of them being great floods that ruined the crops, and therefore they were unable to make a living where they... http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78551

To Preserve Their Freedom (From the Toussaint L'Ouverture Series) https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/to-preserve-their-freedom-from-the-toussaint-l-ouverture-series-1988

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

Workshop (Builders #1)

Workshop (Builders #1) https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/workshop-builders-1-1972

War Series: Alert

War Series: Alert https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/war-series-alert-1947

Builders #1

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

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

They also worked in large numbers on the railroad http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78537

John B. Turner Fund

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

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

The railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78553

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

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78542

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

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 http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78547

The Library

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

War Series: The Letter

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

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

They arrived in great numbers into Chicago, the gateway of the West http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78536

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

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78533

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

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

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

They also made it very difficult for migrants leaving the South. They often went to railroad stations and arrested the Negroes wholesale, which in turn made them miss their train http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78540

The Shoemaker

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

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

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

Home Chores

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

Games - Sleight of Hand https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/games-sleight-of-hand-1999

War Series: Another Patrol

War Series: Another Patrol https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/war-series-another-patrol-1946