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Letter from Alice Burris to the editor of the Crisis

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Burris, Alice Crisis (Firm)

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Responding to two articles and a poem previously published in the August issue of the Crisis, including an article by Du Bois "The tragedy of Jim Crow" on conditions in Pennsylvania. Topics discussed in the letter include the migration of African American laborers from the south to the north and resulting racial tensions from the increased number of African Americans.
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  1. Internal Migration

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