Jacob Lawrence
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Jacob Armstead Lawrence was an American painter known for his portrayal of African-American historical subjects and contemporary life. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism", an art form p
Lawrence in 1941
Douglass argued against poor Negroes leaving the South
Lawrence teaching school children at the Abraham Lincoln School
Toussaint at Ennery, 1989
Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was "the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century
Jacob Lawrence
…of African-American artists at the Baltimore Museum of Art. This was followed by a series of paintings of the lives of Harriet Tubman (1938–39) and Frederick Douglass (1939–40). Lawrence's early work involved general depictions of everyday life in Harlem and also a major series dedicated to African-American history…
Douglass, c. 1879
Anna Murray Douglass, Douglass's wife for 44 years, portrait c. 1860
Douglass, c. 1840s, in his 20s
The home and meetinghouse of the Johnsons, where Douglass and his wife lived in New Bedford, Massachusetts