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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. IN2318.19. Photograph by Jonathan Muzikar.
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They also worked in large numbers on the railroad
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
Living conditions were better in the North
1940-41