Between 1910 and 1970, 6,000.000 African Americans left the South for what they hoped would be better lives in the North, Midwest, and West. This mass movement of people is known today as the Great Migration. This research guide will quickly connect researchers to many different types of information sources on this pivotal event that has helped to shape the contemporary United States.
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Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration
Steven A. Reich, Editor
Publication Date: 2006
Call number E185.6 E54 2006 Vols. 1-3, 2nd Floor
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by 
Black Protest and the Great Migration: A Brief Hstory With Documents by 
Bound for the Promised Land: African American Religion and the Great Migration by 
Chicago's New Negroes: Modernity, the Great Migration, and Black Urban Life by 
The Great Migration and the Democratic Party by 
The Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance by 
The Great Migration in Historical Perspective: New Dimensions of Race, Class, and Gender by 
Making a Way Out of No Way: African American Women and the Second Great Migration by 
Making Their Own Way: Southern Blacks' Migration to Pittsburgh, 1916-30 by 
New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity During the Great Migration by To access these electronic resources, please enter your Multipass username and password when prompted. below.
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The Great Migration
Hosted by Harry Porterfield
The Great Migration and the Power of a Single Decision
Isabel Wilkerson
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