Works identified
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Jacob Lawrence A Family 1943 -
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 -
Elizabeth Catlett Mother and Child 1956 -
Elizabeth Catlett I Am The Black Woman from the series The Black Woman 1946, printed 1989