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Jacob LawrenceChild labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes
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And people all over the South began to discuss this great movement
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The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties
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In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not
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Railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North
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They arrived in great numbers into Chicago the gateway of the West
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Negro press was also influential in urging the people to leave the South
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They also worked in large numbers on the railroad
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Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted
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Migrants arrived in great numbers
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World War had caused a great shortage in Northern industry and also citizens of foreign countries were returning home
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In many of the communities the Negro press was read continually because of its attitude and its encouragement of the movement
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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
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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.
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Living conditions were better in the North
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Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous
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Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem
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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
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One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis
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One of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which the migrants indulged occurred in the church
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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
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In the North the Negro had better educational facilities
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Trains were packed continually with migrants
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And the migrants kept coming
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