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Harlem Renaissance

Aaron Douglas, Aspiration, 1936, oil on canvas, 152.4 x 152.4 cm (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) — Aspiration was one of only two panels to survive the Texas Centennial where it pointed to a future that transcended the racism of the day.

Aaron Douglas, Aspiration

by Timothy Anglin Burgard, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Dr. Beth Harris

Jacob Lawrence, Ambulance Call, 1948, tempera on board, 61 x 50.8 cm (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art) — Lawrence captures the vitality of Harlem and highlights the advancements in medical care for and by people of color.

A Harlem street scene by Jacob Lawrence, ...

by Dr. Jennifer Padgett, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Dr. Beth Harris

Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series, 1940-41, 60 panels, tempera on hardboard (even numbers at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, odd numbers at the Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.) — Lawrence carefully documents the migration of African Americans from the agricultural South to the industrial North.

Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series

by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris