Jacob Lawrence

b. 1917 — d. 2000

Modernism

Jacob Lawrence American, 1917–2000

Timeline

Born 1917 — Died 2000

1910s

New York in Transit I

New York in Transit II

1930s

Free Clinic

1940s

1940

One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis

1940

They were very poor

1940

The trains were packed continually with migrants

1940

In the North the Negro had better educational facilities

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1950s

1950

Sedation

Depression

1959

Street Shadows

Still Life With Masks

1960s

Street to Mbari

Daybreak - A Time to Rest

1970s

Chess Players

Olympic Games

1974

The 1920's ... The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots from Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence

1974

Builders No.3

1980s

1983

Hiroshima

The Capture

1988

To Preserve Their Freedom from the series The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture

Toussaint at Ennery

1990s

The Coachman

Dondon from The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture

1995

The March from the series The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture

1997

The Opener from the series The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture

Works

75 artworks

New York in Transit II

, 1917

New York in Transit I

, 1917

Free Clinic

, 1937

Jacob Lawrence

Timeline

Works

New York in Transit II

New York in Transit I

Free Clinic

The railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order

And people all over the South began to discuss this great movement

Although the Negro was used to lynching, he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred

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

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

In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not

In the North the Negro had better educational facilities

Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem

One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis

They also worked in large numbers on the railroad

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 were

They were very poor

And the migrants kept coming

Child labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes

The trains were packed continually with migrants

Another of the social causes of the migrants' leaving was that at times they did not feel safe, or it was not the best thing to be found on the streets late at night. They were arrested on the slightest provocation

The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties

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 industries

Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts

The railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North

Living conditions were better in the North