Art/History

I was flipping through our Picturing America posters and started reading about artist Jacob Lawrence’s series recounting the northward migration of blacks in the 1920s. He and his family were themselves part of that migration.

This Phillips Collection site hosts images of all 60 captioned panels that he painted. (He wrote the captions before he painted the works.) I believe the progression of captioned images might be a valuable teaching aid illustrating first-hand perspective of that moment in history or as a comparison to current migration issues. It might also inspire some alternative examples for students to demonstrate their understanding/perspective on history and current events.