Why was drawing so important in the early history

It’s how they told tales and story’s about there people and family history

It was important because it shows their history to their family about how they lived in the past

The theme of social protest remained a consistent focus for jacob lawrence throughout his career. in the 1960s lawrence was inspired by news reports and photographs, including images of segregated lunch counter sit-ins and stories of the   freedom riders in the civil rights movement. from the 1970s onward, lawrence's work focused less explicitly on contemporary social issues.