"This critically acclaimed picture book suitable for a wide range of readers chronicles the Great Migration—the diaspora of African Americans who headed to the North after WWI—through the iconic paintings and words of renowned artist Jacob Lawrence. The New York Times praised it as "a compassionate and sensitive portrayal of history.”After World War I, large numbers of African Americans began leaving their homes in the rural South in sea ..."
"Aesop’s Fables combines 23 timeless morality tales with striking black ink drawings by the revered artist Jacob Lawrence. Published originally in 1970, the book has been out of print for two decades. This new edition, completely redesigned and typeset, adds five illustrations Lawrence prepared for the original edition but which were not included in it.Aesop’s fables are often ungentle tales with profound and instructive morals. Lawrence ..."
"This publication sets the precedent for the next generation of Lawrence scholars and studies in modern and contemporary discourse. The American Struggle explores Jacob Lawrence's radical way of transforming history into art by looking at his thirty panel series of paintings, Struggle . . . from the History of the American People (1954–56). Essays by Steven Locke, Elizabeth Hutton Turner, Austen Barron Bailly, and Lydia Gordon mark the h ..."
"Around the time of WWI, large numbers of African Americans began leaving their homes in the rural South in search of employment in the industrial cities of the North. In 1940, Lawrence chronicled their journey of hope in a flowing narrative sequence of paintings.This stirring picture book brings together the sixty panels of Lawrence's epic narrative Migration series, which he created in 1940-1941. They tell of the journey of African-Ame ..."
Harriet and the Promised Land(Reprint) by JacobLawrence Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 1993 by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers ISBN-13: 978-0-671-86673-0, ISBN: 0-671-86673-7
"The well-known African-American artist boldly captures the drama of Harriet Tubman's struggle to free her people from slavery, in a collection of powerful and vivid paintings."
The Great Migration An American Story by JacobLawrence Library, 48 Pages, Published 1993 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-023038-8, ISBN: 0-06-023038-X
"A magnificent series of 1940s paintings chronicles the migration of African Americans from the South to the industrial North following World War I, in a collection that is complemented by a simple text."
"Many of the key achievements in art of the last 125 years have been worked out on paper. From pictorial investigations that expanded the possibilities of vision to the invention of entirely new kinds of media, drawing has been the perfect laboratory for avant-garde experimentation. Drawing from the Modern traces such groundbreaking innovation through the unparalleled holdings of the drawings collection of The Museum of Modern Art. This ..."
Harriet and the Promised Land by JacobLawrence Library, 40 Pages, Published 1997 by Turtleback Books: A Division Of Sanval ISBN-13: 978-0-613-01497-7, ISBN: 0-613-01497-9
"A brief biography in verse about Harriet Tubman and her dedicated efforts to lead her fellow slaves to freedom."
Aesop's Fables by JacobLawrence Hardcover, 56 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-97680-8, ISBN: 0-295-97680-2
"Aesop’s Fables combines 23 timeless morality tales with striking black ink drawings by the revered artist Jacob Lawrence. Published originally in 1970, the book has been out of print for two decades. This new edition, completely redesigned and typeset, adds five illustrations Lawrence prepared for the original edition but which were not included in it.Aesop’s fables are often ungentle tales with profound and instructive morals. Lawrence ..."
"With spectacular artwork and rhythmic verse, the author captures the urgency of Harriet Tubman's struggles as she courageously led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad."
"A brief biography in verse about Harriet Tubman and her dedicated efforts to lead her fellow slaves to freedom"
THE GREAT MIGRATION.(1st Edition) by Jacob. Lawrence Hardcover, 1 Pages, Published 1993 by The Museum Of Modern Art/The Phillips Collectio/Harper-Collins Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-0-943044-20-0, ISBN: 0-943044-20-0
The Great Migration An American Story by JacobLawrence Hardcover, 1 Pages, Published 1993 by Harpercollins Childrens Books ISBN-13: 978-0-06-023453-9, ISBN: 0-06-023453-9
"A magnificent series of 1940s paintings chronicles the migration of African Americans from the South to the industrial North following World War I, in a collection that is complemented by a simple text."
"Renowned African-American artist Jacob Lawrence explores the historic tale of Harriet Tubman. With spectacular artwork and rhythmic verse, Lawrence captures the urgency of Tubman's struggles as she courageously leads slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book. 1993 Parents' Choice Award. Full color."
Toussaint L'ouverture(1st Edition) The Fight for Haiti's Freedom by Walter Dean Myers, JacobLawrence Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 1996 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-689-80126-6, ISBN: 0-689-80126-2
"The liberation of Haiti under Toussaint L'Ouverture, a freed slave who became general of the slave army, which rose against the French in 1791, is told in exciting, factual narrative and enhanced by bold, full-color paintings."