Scenes of trains, children and adults dancing during the Great Migration are the subject of a new art exhibition at Dallas-based Pencil on Paper Gallery. Emmanuel Gillespie’s Migration series looks at the period from 1910-1970 when African-Americans made the move from the south up north for fairer treatment, educational opportunities and better work. The series, like much of Gillespie’s art, is his way of understanding Black history and where he came from. “Most of my work is always going to be research on my past and my time trying to figure out and understand who I am as a person,”
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