Image
Jacob Lawrence, designer
The 1920's ... The Migrants Cast Their Ballots, 1974
Description
Maker
- Ives-Sillman, Inc., printer
- Jacob Lawrence, 1917-2000, American, designer
Title
The 1920's ... The Migrants Cast Their Ballots
Year
1974
Medium
Color screenprint on paper
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Image: 81.3 x 61.9 cm (32 x 24 3/8 inches)
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Credit
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Gift of Lorillard
Object Number
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76.116
About
Jacob Lawrence applies his characteristic use of geometric shapes and flat blocks of color to depict a line of voters that seems to dissolve into the background. A registration table and voting booth stand at the back of the image.
In 1965, the Voting Rights Act banned the discrimination and intimidation of African Americans exercising their right to vote. White supremacy, however, still actively suppresses full recognition of the rights of marginalized citizens today, systematically disenfranchising many people of color from the voting process.
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