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£®