The great migration

Description

A series of paintings chronicles the journey of African Americans who, like the artist's family, left the rural South in the early twentieth century to find a better life in the industrial North.

First Sentence

Around the time I was born, many African-Americans from the South left home and traveled to cities in the North in search of a better life.

Subjects

Genres

• Juvenile literature

Other Editions

• The great migration: an American storyMuseum of Modern Art1993-01-01
• The great migrationPhillips Collection1993-01-01
• The Great MigrationPerfection Learning Prebound1995-09-01
• The Great MigrationPaperbackHarperTrophy1995-10-30
• The Great MigrationHarperTrophy1995-10-30
• The Great MigrationLibrary BindingTandem Library1999-10-01