Curriculum: Jacob Lawrence and The Great Migration
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- 1940s
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 1 : During World War I There Was a Great Migration North by Southern African Americans
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 9 : They Left Because the Boll Weevil Had Ravaged the Cotton Crop
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 16 : Although the Negro Was Used to Lynching, He Found This an Opportune Time for Him to Leave Where One Had Occurred
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 17 : Tenant Farmers Received Harsh Treatment at the Hands of Planters
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 19 : There Had Always Been Discrimination
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 33 : Letters from Relatives in the North Told of the Better Life There
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 37 : Many Migrants Found Work in the Steel Industry
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 38 : They Also Worked in Large Numbers on the Railroad
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 40 : The Migrants Arrived in Great Numbers
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 42 : They Also Made It Very Difficult for Migrants Leaving the South. They Often Went to Railroad Stations and Arrested the Negroes Wholesale, Which in Turn Made Them Miss Their Train
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 47 : As the Migrant Population Grew, Good Housing Became Scarce
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 49 : They Found Discrimination in the North. It Was a Different Kind
- The Migration Series, Panel no. 58 : In the North the Negro Had Better Educational Facilities
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1940-2022
