#BlackFacts today, is dedicated to Jacob Lawrence, an amazing painter who began his life in Atlantic City and ended it in #Seattle, Washington. Between 1937 and 1940, he painted a series of "multi-part narratives" of prominent figures in black history including Toussaint L’Ouverture, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Tubman. This was followed by his renowned series entitled "The Migration of the American Negro" which depicted the post-World War I movement of Southern blacks in search of employment to the North. With his numerous paintings chronicling the African-American experience in spare, yet evocative fashion, Jacob Lawrence secured his stature as one of the most prominent American artists of the 20th century. In 1971, Lawrence became a professor of painting at the University of Washington in Seattle. #jacoblawrence #blackart