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The Migration Series, Panel no. 37: Many migrants found work in the steel industry. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 41: The South was desperate to keep its cheap labor. Northern labor agents were jailed or forced to operate in secrecy. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, 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 good place to live. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 45: The migrants arrived in Pittsburgh, one of the great industrial centers of the North. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 47: As the migrant population grew, good housing became scarce. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, 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. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 55: The migrants, having moved suddenly into a crowded and unhealthy environment, soon contracted tuberculosis. The death rate rose. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 57: The female workers were the last to arrive north. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 59: In the North they had the freedom to vote. (between 1940 and 1941)
Ancestor (1958)
Fishing Smack (1928)
Will-o'-the-Wisp (1942)
Head of a Girl (1946)