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One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and Other Visions of the Great Movement North
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Installation view of the exhibition "One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series and Other Visions of the Great Movement North"
April 3, 2015–September 7, 2015. IN2318.11. Photograph by Jonathan Muzikar.
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Jacob Lawrence
They were very poor
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
Although the Negro was used to lynching, he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred
1940-41