Tombstones https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/tombstones-1942

Virginia Interior https://www.artic.edu/artworks/64383/

Bootleg Whiskey—You Can Buy Bootleg Whiskey for Twenty-five Cents a Quart, from the series Harlem https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/bootleg-whiskey-you-can-buy-bootleg-whiskey-for-twenty-five-cents-a-quart-from-the-series-1943

Builders #1 https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/21216/

Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78554

Among one of the last groups to leave the South was the Negro professional who was forced to follow his clientele to make a living http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78547

Race riots were very numerous all over the North because of the antagonism that was caused between the Negro and white workers. Many of these riots occurred because the Negro was used as a strike breaker in many of the Northern... http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78544

One of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which the migrants indulged occurred in the church http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78546

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 http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78540

War Series: Victory https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/war-series-victory-1947

Another of the social causes of the migrants' leaving was that at times they did not feel safe, or it was not the best thing to be found on the streets late at night. They were arrested on the slightest provocation http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78529

Workshop (Builders #1) https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/workshop-builders-1-1972

Child labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78530

No. 2, Main Control Panel, Nerve Center of Ship https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/no-2-main-control-panel-nerve-center-of-ship-1944

Games - Sleight of Hand https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/games-sleight-of-hand-1999

Living conditions were better in the North http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78541

The migrants arrived in great numbers http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78539

The migration gained in momentum http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78556

The Negro press was also influential in urging the people to leave the South http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78535

Free Clinic https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111814/

Hiroshima https://collections.artsmia.org/art/80751/

The Builders https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/7344/

The Studio https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-studio-1977

Bar and Grill https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/bar-and-grill-1941

Firewood #55 https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/firewood-55-1942

The Migration of the Negro, Panel 1 https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-migration-of-the-negro-panel-1-1941

Harlem Street Scene https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116613

They also worked in large numbers on the railroad http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78537

The Library https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-library-1960

In many of the communities the Negro press was read continually because of its attitude and its encouragement of the movement http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78528

The Builders https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-builders-1947

War Series: Alert https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/war-series-alert-1947

One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78545

In the North the Negro had better educational facilities http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78548

The World War had caused a great shortage in Northern industry and also citizens of foreign countries were returning home http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78526

The Photographer https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-photographer-1942

Funeral Sermon https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/61169

Pool Parlor https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/pool-parlor-1942

And people all over the South began to discuss this great movement http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78531

Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78542

The Builders https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/111228

Man on a Scaffold https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/man-on-a-scaffold-1985

The Swearing In No. 1 https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-swearing-in-no-1-1977

Self-portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/self-portrait-1977

The Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78538

War Series: Beachhead https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/war-series-beachhead-1947

The March from the series The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture http://www.moma.org/collection/works/91562

And the migrants kept coming http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78550

Dreams No. 2 https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/dreams-no-2-1965

The Apartment https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-apartment-1943