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Jacob Lawrence’s Harlem

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Jacob Lawrence, Panel 31, The migrants found improved housing when they arrived north, from The Migration Series, 1941.

The Migration Series, Panel no. 31

Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series, Panel no. 31: The migrants found improved housing when they arrived north.

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