The Great Black Migration: A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic

by Steven Reich

Book Overview

Treating broad themes as well as specific topics, this guide to the Great Black Migration will introduce high school students to a touchstone critical to shaping the history of African Americans in the United States.

The movement of Southern blacks to the urban North and West over the course of the 20th century had a profound impact on black life, affecting everything from politics and labor to literature and the popular arts. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610696654
• ISBN13: 9781610696654
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.2" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years