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

Photo of collection object The World War had caused a great shortage in Northern industry and also citizens of foreign countries were returning home

Photo of collection object In many of the communities the Negro press was read continually because of its attitude and its encouragement of the movement

Photo of collection object Child labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes

Photo of collection object And people all over the South began to discuss this great movement

Photo of collection object The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties

Photo of collection object In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not

Photo of collection object The railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North

Photo of collection object The Negro press was also influential in urging the people to leave the South

Photo of collection object They arrived in great numbers into Chicago, the gateway of the West

Photo of collection object They also worked in large numbers on the railroad

Photo of collection object The Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted