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The great migration : an American story
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- Summary
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A series of paintings chronicles the journey of African Americans who, like the artist's family, left the rural South in the early twentieth century to find a better life in the industrial North.
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- Creator
- paintings by Jacob Lawrence ; with a poem in appreciation by Walter Dean Myers
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Museum of Modern Art ; [Washington, D.C.] : Phillips Collection ; New York : HarperCollins, ©1993
- Physical Details
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- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 0060230371, 9780060230371, 0780753488, 9780780753488, 006023038X, 9780060230388, 0060234539, 9780060234539, 0870701665, 9780870701665, 0943044200, 9780943044200, 0064434281, 9780064434287, 9780785776284, 0785776281, 0329125109, 1428708480, 9780329125103, 9781428708488
- OCLC
- ocm28257690
- Also issued in an specially bound and slipcased edition that is limited to one hundred copies, each one numbered and signed by the artist.
Subjects
- Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000 -- Juvenile literature.
- African Americans in art -- Juvenile literature.
- Rural-urban migration in art -- Juvenile literature.
- African Americans in art.
Children's Subject Heading
- Painting, American.
Children's Subject Heading
- African Americans -- History.
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