Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Stories

A selection of websites related to Jacob Lawrence’s art and life.

Jacob Lawrence Information & Images History The Great Migration Harlem Race Labor Education Student Work

Website with information about the traveling exhibition of Lawrence’s work and The Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonné Project.

http://www.jacoblawrence.org

The Jacob Lawrence Virtual Archive and Education Center contains education resources, biographical information, over 900 archived images and related links.

http://www.jacoblawrence.org/newsite/index.html

Short biography, links to other resources and images.

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/L/lawrence.html

An exhibition of Lawrence’s work at the Wadsworth Atheneum.

http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/1aa/1aa182.htm

The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum reviews selected Lawrence works from a recent exhibition.

http://hudson.acad.umn.edu/Lawrence/WAMjacobtest.html

PBS publishes an interview with Jacob Lawrence from 1995.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/jan-june00/lawrence_6-13.html

Website for the Studio Museum in Harlem.

http://www.studiomuseuminharlem.org/

John Pribek’s article on Jacob Lawrence at the Fredrick R. Weisman Arts Museum.

http://www.daily.umn.edu/ae/Print/ISSUE16/cover.html

About.com provides a bio about Jacob Lawrence as well as related links.
Enter "Jacob Lawrence" in the Search field, and click on "GO."

http://www.arthistory.about.com/arts/arthistory/library/
blartist_lawrence.htm?once=true&

Article by the NEH about the exhibition’s catalog.

http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/1998-11/lawrence.html

Bio of Jacob Lawrence with links to images.

http://www.octobergallery.com/law3.htm

The Reynolda House, Museum of American Art discusses Jacob Lawrence’s Builders #2 (1968), and provides links to other works in the series, as well as works in the Migration series.

http://www.reynoldahouse.org/builders.htm

Announcement of Jacob Lawrence’s death in June 2000.

http://www.gifts.washington.edu/vistas/archives/2000-fall/jacob.html

In-depth review of Jacob Lawrence and his work in the exhibition, "Jacob Lawrence: Painting Life," at the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/entertainment/
html98/altjake_070298.html

General background information about Black Mountain College in Asheville where Jacob Lawrence taught in the summer of 1946.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/
black_mountain_college.html

Essay on Jacob Lawrence’s series The Builders.

http://www.jacoblawrence.org/newsite/index.html

The Speed Art Museum provides information and links about Jacob Lawrence’s Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass series.

http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/2aa/2aa302.htm

The Essay "Jacob Lawrence: Telling the Black Story in Many Colors" includes quotes by and about Jacob Lawrence.

http://www.rwor.org/a/v22/1060-69/1061/lawren.htm

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Escape along the Underground Railroad in this site designed by National Geographic.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/index.html

About.com lists many sites dealing with African American history by theme, from Slavery to Civil Rights.

http://www.afroamhistory.about.com/homework/afroamhistory/
cs/harlemrenaissance/

A biographical account of Harriet Tubman’s life and her role in the Underground Railroad.

http://www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/life.htm

Information about the Underground Railroad and slavery in America. Quotes by John Brown, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Tubman. Study Guide.

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/undergroundrr/index.html

A general biography of Frederick Douglass’ life.

http://www.nps.gov/frdo/fdlife.htm

The collection of the Frederick Douglass Papers at Indiana University.

http://www.iupui.edu/~douglass/

A compilation of American Slave Narratives, compiled by the Works Progress Administration.

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html

The Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center is a non profit organization devoted to the preservation of the legacy of the school.

http://www.main.nc.us/bmc/

The history of African-American visual artists, mainly working in the first half of the twentieth century.

http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aavaahp.htm

The Legacy Project articulates a global exchange on the enduring consequences of the many historical tragedies of the 20th century.

http://www.legacy-project.org

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Addresses many aspects of the Great Migration, with links, articles, and images.

http://www.northbysouth.org/1998/

Seven letters of African Americans who strongly desired to migrate to the North.They are taken from the Northern newspaper, the Chicago Defender.

http://www.historymatters.gmu.edu/text/541b-letters.html

The Great Migration.

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/5881/

Discover immigrant life in America while playing the role of an historian detective.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/activity/port/html/disklp8.html

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The March 1925 edition of the monthly magazine, the Survey Graphic. This edition, designed by Alain Locke, is devoted to the Harlem Renaissance.

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/harlem/

A compilation of articles about the Harlem Renaissance and related subjects.

http://www.africana.com/Articles/tt_387.htm

An account about the different artistic aspects of the Harlem Renaissance.

http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/harlem.html

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Several topics are covered such as "Segregation and Violence," "Solving the Race Problem." Some audio testimonies.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aapseg.html

The Black Experience in America, written by Norman Coombs. African origins to the civil rights movement.

http://www.rit.edu/~nrcgsh/bx.html

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This web site is devoted to the history of African American labor.

http://www.afscme.org/about/aframlink.htm

A historical account on African American life during the Great Depression.

http://www.mtungsten.freeservers.com/

This essay, written by Nehru Tennassee, deals with the issue of segregation that affected African Americans as workers.

http://www.napfe.com/mg1000uc.htm

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Charlayne Hunter-Gault interviews Ruby Bridges Hall, who in 1960, became the first African American to enter a white elementary school in New Orleans.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/race_relations/jan-june97/bridges_2-18.html

An account of school integration from 1955 to 1975.

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/school-integration/index.html

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Student Kristin Myer shares her thoughts on why Jacob Lawrence is her hero.

http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=jacob_lawrence

Donegal Middle School students created a page on African American contributors, including Jacob Lawrence, artists, musicians, etc.

http://www.donegal.k12.pa.us/dms/Kif/tabofcon.htm

The third grade class at Engleman Elementary School created a page about the Harlem Renaissance and Jacob Lawrence.

http://www.gi.esu10.k12.ne.us/SDGI/Engleman/Harlem/
Harlem_Renaissance.html

Compilation of African American history, with timelines, quizzes, and numerous links. Created by the Luis Muñoz Marin Middle School.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0872844.html

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