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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. IN2318.12. Photograph by Jonathan Muzikar.
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Jacob Lawrence
In many of the communities the Negro press was read continually because of its attitude and its encouragement of the movement
1940-41
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
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
Jacob Lawrence
The migration gained in momentum
1940-41