Title: Jacob Lawrence
First published: 1974
Description: Through a series of paintings, Jacob Lawrence illustrates the mass exodus of African-Americans who moved to the North in search for a better life. Lawrence's parents were among those who migrated between 1916-1919, considered the first wave of the migration. The Great Migration was the largest movement of black people since slavery removed Africans to the Americas. The paintings are accompanied by captions that combine history, sociology, and poetry.
Subjects: Exhibitions, African American artists, Portraits, Criticism and interpretation, African Americans in art, African American painters, Biography, Slavery in art, Art
People: Jacob Lawrence (1917-), Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), Harriet Tubman (1820?-1913), Harriet Tubman (1821-1913), Jacob Lawrence