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• The migration gained in momentum
• Although the Negro was used to lynching, he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred
• Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts
• They were very poor
• The railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order
• 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, and therefore they were unable to make a living where they were
• And the migrants kept coming
• In the North the Negro had better educational facilities
• Among one of the last groups to leave the South was the Negro professional who was forced to follow his clientele to make a living
• One of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which the migrants indulged occurred in the church
• One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis
• Race riots were very numerous all over the North because of the antagonism that was caused between the Negro and white workers. Many of these riots occurred because the Negro was used as a strike breaker in many of the Northern industries
• Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem
• Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous
• Living conditions were better in the North
• The migrants arrived in great numbers
• They also made it very difficult for migrants leaving the South. They often went to railroad stations and arrested the Negroes wholesale, which in turn made them miss their train
• The Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted
• They also worked in large numbers on the railroad
• They arrived in great numbers into Chicago, the gateway of the West
• The Negro press was also influential in urging the people to leave the South
• The railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North
• In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not
• The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties
• 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. They were arrested on the slightest provocation
• Child labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes
• In many of the communities the Negro press was read continually because of its attitude and its encouragement of the movement
• The trains were packed continually with migrants