The Negro at Work in New York City: A Study in Economic ProgressHaynes, George Edmund
History
The Negro at Work in New York City: A Study in Economic Progress
Haynes, George Edmund
African American businesspeople; African Americans -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York; African Americans -- History
| come North." |"Came to get married." |
"Just to be coming." | | |
(To New York) |"Liked New York after |"Stopped on way to |
| seeing it as a | Boston, robbed in |
"For recreation; to | sailor in the Navy." | Jersey City." |
change cities." | | |
|"Thought I would like |"Came to America to go |
"Traveling and | New York." | to school." (From S. |
stopped." | | Hampton, Bermuda.) |
|"Thought I'd like New | |
"Split the difference | York." | |
of time." | |"To learn |
|"Wanted to see the | architecture." |
"Felt like traveling." | place." | |
| |"To visit friends; got |
"Had a roaming |"To see the place and | married." |
mind--came here from | be with sister." | |
Chicago." | |"To see and learn and |
|"To see the city; | improve my ability." |
"Felt like traveling." | friend wrote me of | |
| sights of the great | |
| city." | |
| | |
|"Heard talk of | |
| enjoyable life | |
| here." | |
| | |
|"Came here from | |
| Cincinnati; had read | |
| a great deal of New | |
| York City and wanted | |
| to see it." | |
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