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Jacob Lawrence Exhibit: Find Articles

"Jacob Lawrence and The Legend of John Brown” will be on display at the AUC Woodruff Library from October 1 - 31, 2011. It is comprised of 22 digital images of silkscreen artwork created from paintings and prints by the celebrated artist Jacob Lawrence

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Articles

Below are just a few of the articles that can be found about Jacob Lawrence and John Brown.

Baldwin, J. & Shatz, F. (2000). John Brown’s body. Transition, no. 81/82, 250-266. Retrieved from JSTOR Database.

Capozzola, C. (2006). Jacob Lawrence: historian. Rethinking History, 10 (2), 291-295. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.

Fitzgerald, S. (1995). The homecoming of Jacob Lawrence. American Visions, 10 (2), 20-25. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.

Gillespie, R. (2009). John Brown’s army: past and present. Civil War Times, 48 (5), 50-51. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.

Grant, N. (1989). Image and text in Jacob Lawrence. Black American Literature Forum, 23 (3), 523-537. Retrieved from JSTOR Database.

Hills, P. (1993). Jacob Lawrence as pictorial griot: the “Harriet Tubman” series, American Art, 7(1), 40-59. Retrieved from JSTOR Database.

Hills, P. (2003). In the heart of the black belt: Jacob Lawrence’s commission from fortune to paint the South. International Review of African American Art, 19 (1), 28-36. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.

Hultgren, M. L. (2010). John Brown’s body in Art. The International Review of African American Art, 23 (1), 46-47. Retrieved from International Index to Black Periodicals Database.

Johnson, M. (2004). The prints of Jacob Lawrence. Arts and Activities, 136(2), 26-28. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.

Lorensen, J. (2006). Between image and word, color and time: Jacob Lawrence’s “The Migration Series.” African American Review, 40 (3), 571-586. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.

McDaniel, W. C. (2011). His brothers’ keeper: John Brown, moral stewardship and interracial abolitionist. Slavery and Abolition, 32 (1), 27-52. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.

McGlone, R. E. (2009). The “madness” of John Brown. Civil War Times, 48 (5), 42-49. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.

Rothstein, E. (2009). John Brown and his legacy of violent dissent; shows on abolitionist ask: “Does a noble end justify a bloody means?” International Herald Tribune, October 29, 11. Retrieved from ProQuest Database.

Salaam, Y. (2002). The art and life of Jacob Lawrence. New York Amsterdam News, 93 (3), 24-25. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.

Stabile, T. (1998). Reconstructing Jacob Lawrence. Humanities, 19 (6), 26-29. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.

Tribe, T. C. (2007). Visual narrative and the Harlem Renaissance. World and Image, 23 (4), 391-413. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.

Valentine, V. (2001). Real life, true color: the art of Jacob Lawrence. New Crisis, 108 (4), 55-58. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.

Wheat, E. H. (1990). Jacob Lawrence and the legacy of Harlem. Archives of American Art Journal, 30 (1-4), 119-126. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.