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Jacob Lawrence’s Harlem

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Jacob Lawrence, Panel 53, African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain, 1941.

The Migration Series, Panel no. 53

Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series, Panel no. 53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain.

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