*Note Date Correction. Capturing the essence of the Great Migration – the movement of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North following the outbreak of World War I, artist Jacob ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Step Africa performs "The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence" on November 2nd and 3rd at Zellerbach Hall. This celebrated step dance company celebrates its 30th anniversary with a powerful ...

Washington’s most distinguished stage production about the city’s favorite modernist painting cycle was born at a synchronized swimming competition in 2010. That’s when C. Brian Williams, the founder ...

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A rare exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art features 60 of Lawrence's paintings about the journey of 6 million African-Americans, who... Painting The 'Epic Drama' Of The Great Migration: The ...

Step Afrika! is back in Washington D.C. to celebrate its 30th anniversary at Arena Stage. Founder C. Brian Williams and some of the company’s troop members stopped by NBC4 to share the theme of their ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Step Afrika! is the oldest dance company dedicated to step, and first made its way to Lincoln in 2021. Now, they’re back at the Lied Center on Thursday to showcase their piece ...

Once she was cast out of the United States. Today, her art and activism are front and center at an exhilarating Brooklyn Museum retrospective. By Siddhartha Mitter The museum catches up to the vital ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...