Howfarwouldyouwalktolearnaboutsomethingthatinterestedyou？Whenhewasyoung，JacobLawrenceoftenwalkedmorethansixty（41）___fromhishomeintheHarlemsectionofNewYorkCitytotheMetropolitanMuseumofArt．Jacobwantedtob
How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you？When he was young，Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty（41）___from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art．Jacob wanted to be a（n）（42）___，and he believed that studying the famous paintings（43）___in that museum would help him．
It was 1930，when many people were out of work，money was（44）___and people suffered a lot．Still the streets were（45）___with energy and color．As he walked through Harlem，Jacob looked hard at the people，the churches，and barbershops and so on．He（46）___those images in his mind，along with the images of paintings he saw in the（47）___．
Jacob came from a poor family．His mother believed there was little chance（48）___her son could grow up to be a successful painter．She wanted him to aim for something more（49）___．But Jacob's teacher，Alston，in an art program saw that he was talented．Alston（50）___him how to use paints to make stage sets．
As time passed，Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio． That was an exciting place for a young black man （51）___to become an artist．Many creative people（52）___there to talk about art，literature and history．From their（53）___，Jacob learned that history books often （54）___the accomplishments of African Americans．He decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black hero．He （55）___Toussaint，who had helped free his people（56）___French ruling．
Many people admired Jacob's pictures，but he needed（57）___admiration．To help his family，he often had to work at jobs that（58）___him away from painting．Then something encouraging happened．An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job．For eighteen months，Jacob was given a（59）___to paint pictures． For the first time，he felt like a（60）___artist．
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