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A white man has three black men sign a contract.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 29: The labor agent recruited unsuspecting laborers as strike breakers for northern industries. (between 1940 and 1941)

A group of travelers with their belongings.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers. (between 1940 and 1941)

Passengers on a train look out the window at Pittsburgh's smokestacks from the steel mills.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 45: The migrants arrived in Pittsburgh, one of the great industrial centers of the North. (between 1940 and 1941)

Three men carry a coffin covered in flowers.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 55: The migrants, having moved suddenly into a crowded and unhealthy environment, soon contracted tuberculosis. The death rate rose. (between 1940 and 1941)

A lone laundress washes colorful clothing.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 57: The female workers were the last to arrive north. (between 1940 and 1941)

Men and women wait in line to vote. Two people sit at a table filling out paperwork. All of this is watched over by a white officer.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 59: In the North they had the freedom to vote. (between 1940 and 1941)

Collection item 1182

Ernest Lawson

Approaching Storm (between 1919 and 1920)

Collection item 1183

Ernest Lawson

City Suburbs (c. 1914)

Collection item 1184

Ernest Lawson

Harlem Valley, Winter (c. 1921)

Collection item 1187

Ernest Lawson

New England Birches (not dated)

Collection item 1188

Ernest Lawson

Path of Sunlight, New Mexico (not dated)

Collection item 1190

Ernest Lawson

Spring Morning (1913)

Collection item 1192

Ernest Lawson

High Bridge - Early Moon (before 1911)

Collection item 1193

Ernest Lawson

Twilight in Spain (not dated)

Collection item 1194

Ernest Lawson

Windy Day, Bronx River (not dated)

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