He planned to have his mother come and live with him once he could support her, and in 1926, his mother and younger brother did rejoin him. Shortly thereafter, Richard resolved to leave the Jim Crow South and go to Chicago. His family joined the Great Migration, when tens of thousands of blacks left the South to seek opportunities in the more economically prosperous northern and mid-western industrial cities.
he planned to have his mother come and live with him once he could support her and in 1926 his mother and younger brother did rejoin him shortly thereafter richard resolved to leave the jim crow south and go to chicago his family joined the great migration when tens of thousands of blacks left the south to seek opportunities in the more economically prosperous northern and mid-western industrial cities