Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence (September 7, 1917–June 9, 2000) was an African American painter; he was married to fellow artist Gwendolyn Knight.

Selected works

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Image:Lawrence_Jacob_The Migration - They also worked in large numbers on the railroad_1940-41.jpg|The Migration - They also worked in large numbers on the railroad (1940-41)

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Image:Lawrence_Jacob_The Migration - They also found discrimination in the North although it was much different from that which they had known in the South_1940-41.jpg|The Migration - They also found discrimination in the North although it was much different from that which they had known in the South (1940-41)

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Image:Lawrence_Jacob_The Migration - The Negroes who had been North for quite some time met their fellowmen with disgust and aloofness_1940-41.jpg|The Migration - The Negroes who had been North for quite some time met their fellowmen with disgust and aloofness (1940-41)

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Image:Lawrence_Jacob_The Migration - The female worker was also one of the last groups to leave the South_1940-41.jpg|The Migration - The female worker was also one of the last groups to leave the South (1940-41)

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Image:Lawrence_Jacob_The Migration - Race riots were very numerous all over the North because of the antagonism that was caused between the Negro and white workers_1940-41.jpg|The Migration - Race riots were very numerous all over the North because of the antagonism that was caused between the Negro and white workers (1940-41)

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Image:Lawrence_Jacob_The Migration - In the North the Negro had better educational facilities_1940-41.jpg|The Migration - In the North the Negro had better educational facilities (1940-41)

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Image:Lawrence_Jacob_The Migration - In every town Negroes were leaving by the hundreds to go North and enter into Northern industry_1940-41.jpg|The Migration - In every town Negroes were leaving by the hundreds to go North and enter into Northern industry (1940-41)

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Image:Lawrence_Jacob_The Migration - During the World War there was a great migration North by Southern Negroes_1940-41.jpg|The Migration - During the World War there was a great migration North by Southern Negroes (1940-41)

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Image:Lawrence_Jacob_The Migration - Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the court_1940-41.jpg|The Migration - Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the court (1940-41)

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Image:Lawrence_Jacob_Tombstones_1942.jpg|Tombstones (1942)

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Image:Lawrence_Jacob_Brownstones_1958.jpg|Brownstones (1958)

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Image:Lawrence_Jacob_Self-Portrait_1977.jpg|Self-Portrait (1977)

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