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402: In and Around Harlem
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Installation view of the gallery "In and Around Harlem" in the exhibition "Collection 1940s–1970s"
October 21, 2019–February 5, 2023. Photographed in October 2019. IN2419.402.11. Photograph by Heidi Bohnenkamp.
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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
Child labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
And people all over the South began to discuss this great movement
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
Living conditions were better in the North
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem
1940-41
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
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