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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. IN2318.25. Photograph by Jonathan Muzikar.
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Jacob Lawrence
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
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
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
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
In the North the Negro had better educational facilities
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
And the migrants kept coming
1940-41