Jacob Lawrence was born on September 7, 1917, In Atlantic City, New Jersey. Originally the Lawrence family was from South Carolina and Virginia. Part of his childhood was spent in Pennsylvania. When his parents spilt up in 1924, he went with his mother to New York, resigning in Harlem.
Jacob Lawrence is an African AMerican artist of the20th century. Jacob Lawrence was the first African-American artist to be represented by a New York City gallery. Jacob Lawrence painted narratices about the struggles of the African-American people. Jacob told an interviewer he was that black community and he wasn't kidding either.
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