"Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--Prelim. p. "Published with the assistance of the Getty Foundation." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The artist's place in Harlem. Harlem's artistic community in the 1930s -- Patrons and the making of a professional artist -- Themes and issues. African American storytelling: Toussaint L'Ouverture and Harriet Tubman -- The great migration in memory, pictures, and text -- Confrontations with the Jim Crow South in the 1940s -- Home in Harlem: tenements and streets -- The double consciousness of masks and masking -- The paintings of the protest years, 1955-70 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Jacob Armstead Lawrence and his family.
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