The Paintings of Jacob Lawrence

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The Paintings of Jacob Lawrence
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Tombstones
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The Migration of the Negro, No. 1During the
World War there was a great migration North by
Southern Negroes.
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The Migration of the Negro, No. 21And the
migration spread.
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The Migration of the Negro, No.23The railroad
stations were at times so over-packed with people
leaving that special guards had to be called in
to keep order.
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The Migration of the Negro, No. 17The migration
was spurred on by the treatment of the tenant
farmers by the planter.
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The Migration of the Negro, No. 3In every town
Negroes were leaving by the hundreds to go North
and enter into Northern industry.
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The Migration of the Negro, No. 15Another cause
was lynching. It was found that where there had
been a lynching, the people who were reluctant to
leave at first left immediately.
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This is Harlem
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Harlem Rooftops
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Brownstones
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Café Comedian
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The Migration of the Negro, No. 51In many
cities in the North where Negroes had been
overcrowded in their own living quarters they
attempted to spread out. This resulted in many
of the race riots and the bombing of Negro homes.
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The Migration of the Negro, No. 14Among the
social conditions that existed which was partly
the cause of the migration was the injustice done
to the Negroes in the courts.
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The Migration of the Negro, No. 49They also
found discrimination in the North although it was
much different from that which they had known in
the South.
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The Migration of the Negro, No. 19There had
always been discrimination.
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The Shoemaker
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Ironers
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Home Chores
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Bar and Grill
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Ice Peddlers
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Dreams
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