. >> honoring the work of jacob lawrence. plus rags to riches on youtube.he child of immigrants became a multimillionaire. >> in tonight's friday arts segment. the work of jacob lawrence, his work described the life of struggling african americans. full of color compassion and above all hope. the curator of the whitney museum explains. >> jacob lawrence is an aplaysing artist. he came to harlem with his family in the 1920s. it was the time of african american cultural, a time of incredible poverty but also incredible hope. he began as a painter and already at the age of 20 he'd done a -- he did these remarkable series that were unusual in combining word and image. he would pick as his subject matter heroes from african american history. he did frederick douglas harriet tubman. they were visual stories. so for example his migration series which is probably his most famous piece is composed of 60 panels that tell the story of the african american migration from the south to the north. very poignant images, heartbreaking stories about racial violence and troub

jacob lawrence was an artist who emerged out of harlem of the 1930's. en lawrence made these panels he was a young man. 23 years old. he set for himself the task of telling the story of his people in an epic way. 60 panels in a row with the captions. ♪ >> he told the story of the great migration. between 1915 and 1970. 6 million lack citizens moved upwards out of the south. that movement was one of the greatest demographic events in the history of the united states . it thoroughly transformed american culture. some of the scenes in the migration series have great tenderness and intimacy. images of a woman reading a letter in bed to a young child. that is mixed with incredibly stark forthright images about the fact of racial injustices. images of injustice done in court, images of the capricious arrest of black men. images of lynchings. ♪ >> there were over 4000 lynchings between the beginning of the century and 1950. billie holiday in 1930 nine, sang the song "strange fruit." you have cultural figures using the stage to make broad appeals. to pay attenti

jacob lawrence was an artist who emerged out of harlem of the 1930s. rence was making these, he's a very young man. he's just 23 years old. and he sets for himself the task of telling the story of his people in an epic way. it's 60 panels in a row, each with a caption. he told the story of the great migration between 1915 and 1970. it was 6 million black citizens who moved upwards out of the south. and that movement was one of the greatest demographic events in the history of the united states, and it thoroughly transformed american culture. ♪ some of the scenes in the migration series have great tenderness and intimacy. you see images of a woman reading a letter in bed to a young child. and that's mixed with these incredibly stark, forthright images about the fact of racial injustice. images of the injustice done in courts images of the capricious arrest of black men and images of lynching. there were over 4,000 lynchings between the beginning of the century and 1950. billie holiday in 1939 began singing the song "strange fruit." you have cultural figu

there's an exhibit by jacob lawrence called the migration.940s, you have young black men, jacob lawrence was 23 years old at the time painting images of police brutality from the 1940s. you go to the 1970s talking about police brutality. now we look at the oscars. there they are john legend on stage talking about glory. we've been having this conversation much longer than when a movie was produced. >> you know what we're really good at? we're good at talking about it but we're not good at finding real solutions. we can figure out how to control rioters but not fix underlying problems like lack of education, poverty, no jobs no hope. if you go into some of these communities in the city of baltimore and you stand on a corner you can just feel the hopelessness and that's not a police problem, that's a deep problem that we all need to solve. >> absolutely. dr. king talked about one of the biggest dangers in terms of this equality that we're all seeking is apathy particularly at that time 1963 he wrote about the moderate whites and how there's a l

. >>> artist jacob lawrence brought hope to the struggles of migrating african-americans in the 1920s. how his work still influences today and the collection of new york's museum of modern art is putting on display. those are all coming up in 40 minutes. >> a story of survival off the north carolina coast. >> this was the moment louis jordan's long ordeal finally came to an end 200 miles off the coast of north carolina. for the first time in more than two months he was back on dry land. jordan set out from south carolina on a fishing trip. but on the open ocean he ran into research weather and late one night his boat capsized. >> i was flying through the air and sommersaulting, and all my gps devices and everything. they were all rolling around in the water. >> he said his boat remained afloat. that's where jordan spent the next 66 days. he said that the boat capsized two more times before his rescue. he survived by rationing his supplies catching fission and collecting rainwater. >> i had many moments i thought i would die. >> thinks family reported him missing but his days turn into