Jacob Lawrence

b. 1917 — d. 2000

Painting & Sculpture Drawings & Prints Modernism

Jacob Lawrence American, 1917–2000

Timeline

Born 1917 — Died 2000

1930s

Free Clinic

1940s

1940

They also worked in large numbers on the railroad

1940

The World War had caused a great shortage in Northern industry and also citizens of foreign countries were returning home

1940

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

1940

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

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1950s

1950

Sedation

1959

Street Shadows

1970s

1974

Builders No.3

The Builders

1974

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

Confrontation at the Bridge

1980s

1983

Hiroshima

1988

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

1990s

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

46 artworks

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

, 1940

Jacob Lawrence

Timeline

Works

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

Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem

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

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

And the migrants kept coming

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

Virginia Interior

This Is a Family Living in Harlem

Graduation

The Wedding

Sedation

Street Shadows

Builders No.3

The Builders

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

Confrontation at the Bridge

Harlem Street Scene

Hiroshima

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

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

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