Step Afrika!
The Migration:
Reflections on Jacob Lawrence
The Migration Series, by painter Jacob Lawrence, is jointly owned by The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. This epic 60 panel tempera painting series depicts the migration of thousands of African Americans from the rural southern to the industrial cities of the north between 1910-1930. Prior to 1910, 90 percent of African Americans lived in the South. Between 1910-1920, the African American population in the North increased 65 percent. It was a movement on an epic scale with an impact similar to the migration from southern and eastern Europe into northern U.S. cities decades earlier. Both migratory historical events are universal and shaped the cultural landscape of America.
Words cannot capture the transcendent impact of this ... performance as a whole. It’s a show that needs to be experienced: a blend of incredible movement, rhythms and singing.
-DC Theater Scene