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Installation view of the exhibition "Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation"
November 20, 2004–December 31, 2005. IN1931.60. Photograph by Thomas Griesel.
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Jacob Lawrence
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
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The Negro press was also influential in urging the people to leave the South
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
They arrived in great numbers into Chicago, the gateway of the West
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The migrants arrived in great numbers
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
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
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
One of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which the migrants indulged occurred in the church
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
In the North the Negro had better educational facilities
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The trains were packed continually with migrants
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
And the migrants kept coming
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
They were very poor
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The migration gained in momentum
1940-41
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Collective Suicide
1936