Jacob Lawrence

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Jacob Lawrence

• The Migration Series (The North)

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As you look at these pictures keep these
questions in mind

• What do you see happening in each of the
  paintings?
• Do you see any commonalities in the paintings?
• Do the paintings have any colors in common?
• How do the primary source pictures compare with
  the paintings?
• Were social conditions different in the North?
• What were the conflicts in the North?

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Panel 31After arriving North the Negroes had
better housing conditions
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Panel no. 33 Letters from relatives in the North
told of the better life there.
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Panel no. 35 They left the South in great
numbers. They arrived in the North in great
numbers
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Panel no. 37 Many migrants found work in the
steel industry.
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Panel no. 39 Railroad platforms were piled high
with luggage.
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Panel no. 41 The South was desperate to keep its
cheap labor. Northern labor agents were jailed or
forced to operate in secrecy.
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Panel no. 43 In a few sections of the South
leaders of both Black and White communities met
to discuss ways of making the South a better
place to live.
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Panel 45 "They arrived in Pittsburgh, one of the
great industrial centers of the North, in large
numbers."
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Panel no. 47 As the migrant population grew,
good housing became scarce.
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Panel No. 49 They found discrimination in the
North. It was a different kind.
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Panel no. 51 African Americans seeking to find
better housing attempted to move into new areas.
This resulted in the bombing of their new homes.
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Panel no. 53 African American, long-time
residents of northern cities met the migrants
with aloofness and disdain.
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Panel no. 55 The migrants, having moved suddenly
into a crowded and unhealthy environment, soon
contracted tuberculosis. The death rate rose.
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Panel no. 57 The female workers were the last to
arrive north.
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Panel no. 59 In the North they had the freedom
to vote.
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In you group, answer these questions

• What do you see happening in each of the
  paintings?
• Do you see any commonalities in the paintings?
• Do the paintings have any colors in common?
• How do the primary source pictures compare with
  the paintings?
• Were social conditions different in the North?
• What were the conflicts in the North?