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Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence, “The Migration Series” (1940-41), panel 52- “One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis” (1941)

Jacob Lawrence, ‘One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis’ (1941) from ‘The Migration Series’ (1940-41)


Horace Pippin

Horace Pippin, John Brown Going to his Hanging, 1942

Horace Pippin, ‘John Brown Going to his Hanging’ (1942)


Lt. Francis Meynell

The Slave Deck of the Albaroz, Prize to the Albatross-1845

Pencil and watercolor by Lt. Francis Meynell, “Slave deck of the Albaroz, Prize to the Albatross, 1845”, shows Africans liberated by the British Navy. The Albanez (erroneously identified as Albaroz) was a Brazilian vessel, captured by the Royal Navy ship, Albatross, off the mouth of the Coanza/Cuanza River (in present-day Angola) in 1845. Meynell was mate on the Albatross, captained at the time by Reginald Yorke. According to the NMM records, the Albatross was commissioned in 1842 and cruised African waters until 1849.


Horace Pippin

Horace Pippin (1888-1946) Harmonizing, 1944

Horace Pippin, ‘Harmonizing’ (1944)


Jacob Lawrence

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Jacob LawrenceThe Migration of the Negro (Panel 3)1940-1941

Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series, Panel no. 1- During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans, 1940-1941

jacobLawrence_Number 16- Although the Negro was used to lynching, he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occured

All works from ‘The Migration of the Negro’ series (1940-1945) by Jacob Lawrence.