NEW YORK - One hundred years ago, African-Americans began a mass exodus from the rural South, heading north in search of economic opportunity and social equality. The Museum of Modern Art is paying ...
Jacob Lawrence, “Panel 3” (1940–41) (all images courtesy the Museum of Modern Art, New York) I am only one generation removed from the history of African American migrants who, between 1917 and 1970, ...
An upcoming PBS series will explore a 20th century phenomenon that brought millions of Black Southerners to cities above the Mason Dixon Line, including Philadelphia. "Great Migrations: A People on ...
Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Sherrilyn Ifill, and Cornell Brooks at “Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and the Legacy of Jim Crow: The Long History of the Artist’s Concerns” on April 15, 2015, at the ...
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has revealed four powerful performances set to kick off the 2025-2026 PEAK Series. Step Afrika! returns to Dreyfoos Hall October 9 with The ...
NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) - American artist Jacob Lawrence's Great Migration series goes on display at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) this week in a rare exhibition showcasing all his ...