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Painter Jacob Lawrence's early American 'Struggle'

How painter Jacob Lawrence reframed early American history with 'Struggle'

03/04/2020

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Painter Jacob Lawrence's early American 'Struggle'

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How painter Jacob Lawrence reframed early American history with 'Struggle'

Amid the McCarthy hearings and the launch of the civil rights movement in the 1950s, painter Jacob Lawrence, the most famous black artist of his era, sought to reframe early American history the way he saw it. His ensuing work, the sprawling series “Struggle,” has been reassembled for a national tour, stopping first at Massachusetts' Peabody Essex Museum. Special correspondent Jared Bowen reports.

03/04/2020

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