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Jacob Lawrence The World War had caused a great shortage in Northern industry and also citizens of foreign countries were returning home 1940-41 -
Jacob Lawrence They arrived in great numbers into Chicago, the gateway of the West 1940-41 -
Jacob Lawrence They also worked in large numbers on the railroad 1940-41 -
Jacob Lawrence The Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted 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 The trains were packed continually with migrants 1940-41 -
Jacob Lawrence 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 1940-41 -
Jacob Lawrence They were very poor 1940-41 -
Jacob Lawrence The railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order 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