TO THE PEOPLE HE FOUND WORTHY OF HIS TRUST, HE COMMUNICATED HIS PLANS. (7 from the series of 22, THE LEGEND OF JOHN BROWN), 1977

"The inspiration to paint the Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman and John Brown series was motivated by historical events as told to us by the adults of our community... the black community. The relating of these events, for many of us, was not only very informative but also most exciting to us, the men and women of these stories were strong, daring and heroic; and therefore we could and did relate to these by means of poetry, song and paint.” —Jacob Lawrence