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Passengers on a train look out the window at Pittsburgh's smokestacks from the steel mills.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 45: The migrants arrived in Pittsburgh, one of the great industrial centers of the North. (between 1940 and 1941)

Many people sleep in a one window room under colorful quilts.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 47: As the migrant population grew, good housing became scarce. (between 1940 and 1941)

Bombs burst in homes, while another is on fire.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 51: African Americans seeking to find better housing attempted to move into new areas. This resulted in the bombing of their new homes. (between 1940 and 1941)

A couple in oppulent outfits walk down the road.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 53: African American, long-time residents of northern cities met the migrants with aloofness and disdain. (between 1940 and 1941)

Three men carry a coffin covered in flowers.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 55: The migrants, having moved suddenly into a crowded and unhealthy environment, soon contracted tuberculosis. The death rate rose. (between 1940 and 1941)

A lone laundress washes colorful clothing.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 57: The female workers were the last to arrive north. (between 1940 and 1941)

Men and women wait in line to vote. Two people sit at a table filling out paperwork. All of this is watched over by a white officer.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration Series, Panel no. 59: In the North they had the freedom to vote. (between 1940 and 1941)

Collection item 1210

Seymour Lipton

Ancestor (1958)

Collection item 1218

Morris Louis

Number 182 (1961)

Collection item 1305

Henri Matisse

Interior with Egyptian Curtain (1948)

Collection item 1365

Joan Miró

The Red Sun (1948)

Collection item 1367

Joan Mitchell

August, Rue Daguerre (1957)

Collection item 1394

Robert Motherwell

In White and Yellow Ochre (1961)

Lee Mullican, Pendulum Factor, 1953.

Lee Mullican

Pendulum Factor (1953)

Collection item 1416

Paul Nash

The Sea (1923)

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