Jacob LawrenceAnother 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 provocationJacob LawrenceAnother 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
Jacob LawrenceOne of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which the migrants indulged occurred in the church
anonymousSaint Jerome in the Wilderness
Jacob LawrenceThey were very poor
anonymousVirgin and Child Enthroned with Four Saints, Saints John the Baptist, Antony Abbot, Elizabeth of Hungary, a female saint
Jacob LawrenceThe railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order
Jacob LawrenceIn every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not
anonymousJoueur de mandoline
Jacob LawrenceRace 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
Jacob LawrenceAnd people all over the South began to discuss this great movement
Jacob LawrenceThey also worked in large numbers on the railroad
Jacob LawrenceThe Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted
Jacob LawrenceAlthough the Negro was used to lynching, he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred
Simone MartiniSaint Luke
Carlo CrivelliPietà
Carlo CrivelliMadonna and Child
Carlo CrivelliAn Apostle
anonymousOffice of the Tax Administration (Biccherna) of Siena
anonymousMaria met kind
Jacob LawrenceIn the North the Negro had better educational facilities
anonymousSaint Siméon Stylite
Jacob LawrenceThe migrants arrived in great numbers
Jacob LawrenceThe World War had caused a great shortage in Northern industry and also citizens of foreign countries were returning home
Jacob LawrenceAnd the migrants kept coming
Jacob LawrenceThe migration gained in momentum
Carlo CrivelliMadonna and Child Enthroned
Jacob LawrenceThe Negro press was also influential in urging the people to leave the South
Benozzo GozzoliThe Conversion of Saint Paul
Jacob LawrenceLiving conditions were better in the North
anonymousMadonna and Child
anonymousLegend of a Knight (end panel of a cassone)
Jacob LawrenceIndustries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous
Jacob LawrenceIn many of the communities the Negro press was read continually because of its attitude and its encouragement of the movement
anonymousSaint Jean Baptiste
Jacob LawrenceAmong one of the last groups to leave the South was the Negro professional who was forced to follow his clientele to make a living
Jacob LawrenceThey 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
Benozzo GozzoliSaint Peter and Simon Magus
Hans Baldung GrienTête de vieillard (Nicodème ?)
Benozzo GozzoliLe Triomphe de saint Thomas d'Aquin
anonymousSaint Jerome in the Wilderness
anonymousHoratius Cocles Defending the Sublician Bridge
anonymousMadonna and Child
Jacob LawrenceChild labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes
Jacob LawrenceOne of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis
anonymousVierge de Tendresse (Oumilénié)
Jacob LawrenceThey 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
Jacob LawrenceThe labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties
Jacob LawrenceThey arrived in great numbers into Chicago, the gateway of the West