Jacob Lawrence (b. 1917). Tombstones, 1942. Gouache on paper, 28-3/4 x 20-1/2 in. (73 x 52.1 cm).In the cities, other images of this troubled time served documentary and polemical purposes, exposing the social inequities, political injustices, and sense of hopelessness that threatened the stability of American society.

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Jacob Lawrence (b. 1917). Tombstones, 1942. Gouache on paper, 28-3/4 x 20-1/2 in. (73 x 52.1 cm).

In the cities, other images of this troubled time served documentary and polemical purposes, exposing the social inequities, political injustices, and sense of hopelessness that threatened the stability of American society.