SOURCES
- Phillips Collection. Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series. http://www.phillipscollection.org/migration_series/index.cfm (accessed October 25, 2010).
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience. http://www.inmotionaame.org/home.cfm (accessed October 25, 2010).
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The Art of Migration
Instructions
Born in 1917, artist Jacob Lawrence grew up at the height of the Great Migration. During the Migration, often defined as 1910–1930, more than 10% of the African American population in the U.S. moved north to find work and in hopes of a better life. Lawrence painted conditions in both North and South from memory. Answer these questions about Lawrence and his work.
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