Narratives of Black America: Lawrence and Lovell at the Phillips Collection

At the top of the stairs at the Phillips Collection art gallery, attendees must make an initial choice between two exhibitions to explore, but not between two stories. On view from Oct. 8 to Jan. 8 of next year, Jacob Lawrence’s “Migration Series” and Whitfield Lovell’s “Kin Series and Related Works” each take the audience on trips back to the lives of African-Americans during the pre-World War II era.