Real World History: The Second Wave of the Great Migration
The Great Migration was the mass movement of over 5 million African Americans from the rural South to urban centers in the North and West. Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series explores the firs... Read allThe Great Migration was the mass movement of over 5 million African Americans from the rural South to urban centers in the North and West. Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series explores the first wave (1916-1940); this exhibition explores the second wave (1940-1970). The Phillips Col... Read allThe Great Migration was the mass movement of over 5 million African Americans from the rural South to urban centers in the North and West. Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series explores the first wave (1916-1940); this exhibition explores the second wave (1940-1970). The Phillips Collection collaborated with high school students in Center for Inspired Teaching's Real Worl... Read all