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Aaron Douglas (American, 1899-1979)
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Harriet Tubman
Work Dates (display)
1931
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Palmer C. Hayden (American, 1893-1973)
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Fetiche et Fleurs
Work Dates (display)
1926
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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 04: The Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 06: And the migrants kept coming.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
Work Creator (display)
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 08: They did not always leave because they were promised work in the North. Many of them left because of Southern conditions, one of them being great floods that ruined the crops.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 20: In many of the communities the Negro press was read continually because of its attitude and its encouragement of the movement.
Work Dates (display)
1940-1941
Work Creator (display)
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 22: Another of the social causes of the migrants' leaving was that at times they did not feel safe, or it was not the best thing to be found on the streets late at night...
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 24: Child labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes.
Work Dates (display)
1940-1941
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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 26: And people all over the South began to discuss this great movement.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
Work Creator (display)
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 28: The labor agent who had been sent south by northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 30: In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 32: The railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 34: The Negro press was also influential in urging the people to leave the South.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 36: In Chicago and other cities they labored in the steel mills
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 38: They also worked in large numbers on the railroad.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
Work Creator (display)
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 40: The migrants arrived in great numbers.
Work Dates (display)
1940-1941
Work Creator (display)
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 42: Sometimes the [labor] agents disguised themselves to avoid arrest, but the migrants were often taken from railroad stations and jailed until the trains departed
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 44: Living conditions in the North were better.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
Work Creator (display)
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 46: Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 48: Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
Work Creator (display)
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 50: Race riots were very numerous all over the North because of the antagonism that was caused between the Negro and white workers.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
Work Creator (display)
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 52: One of the largest race riots occured in East Saint Louis.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
Work Creator (display)
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 54: One of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which migrants indulged occured in the church.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
Work Creator (display)
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 56: Among the last groups to leave the South ws the Negro professional who was forced to follow his clientele to make a living.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
Work Creator (display)
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
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Number 60: The trains were packed continually with migrants.
Work Dates (display)
1940 - 1941
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Archibald John Motley, Jr. (American, 1891-1980)
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Jockey Club
Work Dates (display)
1929
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Archibald John Motley, Jr. (American, 1891-1980)
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Mending Socks
Work Dates (display)
1924
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James Van Der Zee (American, 1886-1983)
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Couple in Raccoon Coats
Work Dates (display)
1932
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