In 1941, Jacob Lawrence, then just twenty-three years old, completed a series of sixty small tempera paintings with text captions about the Great Migration. This publication both grounds Lawrences Migration series in the cultural and political debates tha
In 1941, Jacob Lawrence, then just twenty-three years old, completed a series of sixty small tempera paintings with text captions about the Great Migration. This publication both grounds Lawrences Migration series in the cultural and political debates that shaped the young artist's work.
