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Jacob Lawrence’s Harlem

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Jacob Lawrence, Panel 1, During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans, from The Migration Series, 1941.

The Migration Series, Panel no. 1

Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series, Panel no. 1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans.

1940-41, Casein tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, Acquired 1942