
Aaron Douglas Into Bondage
1936 Oil on Canvas
The Corcoran Gallery of Art

Midnight Summer in Harlem by Palmer Hayden
1938 Oil on Canvas
Museum of African American Art

William Johnson Chain Gang
1939 Oil on plywood
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Although the Negro was used to lynching, he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred.Jacob Lawrence
1940-1941 Tempera on gesso on composition board
Museum of Modern Art

The migration gained in momentum. Jacob Lawrence
1940-1941 tempera on gesson on composition board
Museum of Modern Art

Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts. Jacob Lawrence
1940-1941 Tempera on gesson on composition board
Museum of Modern Art

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