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The Negro press was also influential in urging the people to leave the South

Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous

One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis

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

They did not always leave because they were promised work in the North. Many of them left because of Southern conditions, one of them being great floods that ruined the crops, and therefore they were unable to make a living where they were

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

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

The railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order

The migration gained in momentum

Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem

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

They also worked in large numbers on the railroad

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

And the migrants kept coming

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

One of the main forms of social and recreational activities in which the migrants indulged occurred in the church

In the North the Negro had better educational facilities

They were very poor

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