ZYMd-78526-The World War had caused a great shortage in Northern industry and also citizens of forei
ZYMd-78555-Although the Negro was used to lynching, he found this an opportune time for him to leave
ZYMd-78554-Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was
ZYMd-78553-The railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guard
ZYMd-78547-Among one of the last groups to leave the South was the Negro professional who was forced
ZYMd-78546-One of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which the migrants indulge
ZYMd-78542-Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy
ZYMd-78540-They also made it very difficult for migrants leaving the South. They often went to r
ZYMd-78538-The Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted
ZYMd-78535-The Negro press was also influential in urging the people to leave the South 1940-41
ZYMd-78534-The railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North 1940-41
ZYMd-78533-In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go Nor