The Great Migration: Racialized Labor and Class Struggles in the United States (1910–1940)

1. First wave of the Great Migration begins

   Jan 1, 1910Labels: First Great, Northern industrial

   • National Archives
   • Gilder Lehrman

2. East St. Louis massacre targets Black workers

   Jul 2, 1917Labels: East St, Labor conflict

   • Britannica
   • EJI Calendar

3. NAACP leads Silent Protest Parade in New York

   Jul 28, 1917Labels: NAACP, Silent Protest

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   • PBS

4. Chicago race riot erupts during Red Summer

   Jul 27, 1919Labels: Chicago, Red Summer

   • Britannica
   • NPS

5. Elaine massacre attacks Black tenant farmer organizing

   Sep 30, 1919Labels: Elaine massacre, Arkansas farmers

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   • National Archives

6. Immigration Act restricts new foreign labor supply

   May 26, 1924Labels: Immigration Act, Johnson Reed

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   • Wikipedia

7. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters founded

   Aug 25, 1925Labels: Brotherhood of, Pullman porters

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   • CN Traveler

8. Great Mississippi Flood intensifies labor displacement

   Apr 1, 1927Labels: Great Mississippi, Displacement camps

   • Britannica
   • National Archives

9. Scottsboro Boys arrests highlight Jim Crow injustice

   Mar 25, 1931Labels: Scottsboro Boys, Alabama justice

   • HISTORY
   • PBS

10. National Industrial Recovery Act expands bargaining rights

    Jun 16, 1933Labels: National Industrial, Section 7

    • National Archives
    • NLRB History

11. Harlem race riot exposes Depression-era inequality

    Mar 19, 1935Labels: Harlem riot, Harlem

    • Britannica
    • HISTORY

12. National Labor Relations Act establishes NLRB

    Jul 5, 1935Labels: Wagner Act, NLRB

    • National Archives
    • NLRB History

13. Fair Labor Standards Act sets wage-hour floors

    Jun 25, 1938Labels: Fair Labor, FLSA

    • DOL History
    • Wikipedia

14. First Great Migration period closes around 1940

    Jan 1, 1940Labels: First Great, 1940 milestone

    • National Archives
    • Gilder Lehrman