Jacob Lawrence

Harlem Street Scene

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

The Builders

The Builders https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/7344/

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

Pool Parlor

Pool Parlor https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/pool-parlor-1942

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

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

Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection

Virginia Interior https://www.artic.edu/artworks/64383/

The Shoemaker

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

The Builders

The Builders https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/111228

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

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

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

The railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78534

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

Taboo

Taboo https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/taboo-1963

The Builders

The Builders https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-builders-1947

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

Living conditions were better in the North http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78541

H. Karl and Nancy von Maltitz Endowment

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

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Kastor

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

Home Chores

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

Builders #1

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

Funeral Sermon

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

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

War Series: Alert

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

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/

The Migration of the Negro, Panel 1

The Migration of the Negro, Panel 1 https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-migration-of-the-negro-panel-1-1941

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

The Library

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

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 Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Kastor

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

Joanne M. Stern Fund

To Preserve Their Freedom from the series The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture http://www.moma.org/collection/works/91564

Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78543