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African-American worker in a steel mill, Coatesville, PA, circa 1920.
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African-American workers at the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company, Coatesville Plant.

Credit: Courtesy of Hagley Museum and Library

Jobs drew thousands of southern blacks to Pennsylvania's steel mills, contributing to a mass migration to Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Coatesville, and other Pennsylvania steel towns.

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