The Great Migration Collection Overview
Between the end of World War I and the end of the 1960s, over six million African Americans left the South in search of safety, freedom, and new opportunities in the North and West of the United States. The history and individual stories from the Great Migration illuminate can be used to illuminate almost every question from our learning arc.
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Adam Strom2023-03-08 11:38:332023-05-09 17:59:32Ida B. Wells: Lynching is Our National Crime
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Adam Strom2022-02-21 15:36:532022-03-20 11:03:211917 Silent March Against Lynching
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Adam Strom2022-02-20 10:53:272022-03-20 11:03:39Ma Rainey and The Great Migration
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Adam Strom2022-02-19 16:14:532022-03-20 11:03:56Red Summer: Migration and the 1919 Race Riots
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Adam Strom2022-02-19 15:50:502022-03-20 11:04:13The Great Migration: Journey That Reshaped America
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Adam Strom2022-02-19 15:28:372022-03-20 11:04:28W.E.B. DuBois “Migration of Negros,” 1917
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Adam Strom2020-11-16 12:14:062022-03-20 11:05:25Caste: Structuring Our Response to Difference
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Adam Strom2020-07-01 07:46:432022-03-20 11:05:00The Great Migration in Perspective – Isabel Wilkerson
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Adam Strom2020-06-30 12:28:572022-03-20 11:05:40American Hunger: Richard Wright
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Adam Strom2020-06-16 14:26:522022-03-20 11:06:33Art, Freedom, and Justice: Bryan Stevenson on the Great Migration
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Adam Strom2019-03-15 09:52:162022-03-20 11:05:58The Great Migration and the Power of a Single DecisionWe strongly recommend complementing the resources we have provided above with this fantastic web resource on Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series from the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.
These four short films from PBS Learning Media can be used as part of an inquiry on the causes of the Great Migration.
In addition, The Library of Congress has curated a collection of resources called Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration. Use them to explore the challenges and opportunities migrants faced as they adjusted to a new life outside of the South.
This lesson from Teach Rock explores the connections between blues, rock and roll, and the Great Migration.
Note: We are always in search of great resources. Let us know what else you’d like to see added to the collection. Email us at info@reimaginingmigration.org