American History



Jacob Lawrence, "The Life of Harriet Tubman, no. 7. Harriet Tubman worked as water girl to field hands. She also worked at plowing, carting, and hauling logs," 1940, casein tempera on hardboard, 17 7/8 x 12 in. Collection of Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia.

www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/life.html
Contains basic biographical information on Harriet Tubman's life and her role in the Underground Railroad.

www.iupui.edu/~douglass/
The Frederick Douglass Papers, at Indiana University, is collecting, editing, and publishing the voluminous papers of the great abolitionist and statesman.

www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/black_mountain_college.html
A history of Black Mountain College, with links on key faculty including Robert Motherwell, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Robert Rauschenberg.

Interviews


www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/jan-june00/lawrence_6-13.html
Charlayne Hunter-Gault interview with Jacob Lawrence, originally broadcast on PBS in 1995, and rebroadcast at the time of Lawrence's death in June 2000.



Jacob Lawrence, "The Migration of the Negro, no. 40. The migrants arrived in great numbers," 1941, casein tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18 in. Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, gift of Mrs. David M. Levy.



Jacob Lawrence, "This is Harlem," 1943, gouache on paper, 15 3/8 x 22 11/16 in. Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966.