The Great Migration | Arlington Public Library

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2) Wandering in strange lands: a daughter of the great migration reclaims her roots

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Jerkins, Morgan

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One of TIME's 100 Must Read Books of 2020 and one of Good Housekeeping's Best Books of the Year

Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by ELLE, Buzzfeed, Esquire, Bitch Media, Good Housekeeping, Electric Literature, Parade and BookRiot

"One of the smartest young writers of her generation."—Book Riot

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3) Growing up with the country: family, race, and nation after the civil war

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Field, Kendra Taira

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The Lamar series in western history

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Following the lead of her own ancestors, Kendra Field's epic family history chronicles the westward migration of freedom's first generation in the fifty years after emancipation. Drawing on decades of archival research and family lore within and beyond the United States, Field traces their journey out of the South to Indian Territory, where they participated in the development of black and black Indian towns and settlements. When statehood, oil...

4) The great migration: an American story

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Lawrence, Jacob

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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.

5) A nation under our feet: Black political struggles in the rural South from slavery to the great migration

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Hahn, Steven

6) This is the rope: a story from the Great Migration

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Woodson, Jacqueline

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A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration.

7) Overground railroad: the green book and the roots of black travel in America

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Taylor, Candacy A

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Published from 1936 to 1966, the Green Book was hailed as the "black travel guide to America." At that time, it was very dangerous and difficult for African-Americans to travel because black travelers couldn't eat, sleep, or buy gas at most white-owned businesses. The Green Book listed hotels, restaurants, gas stations, and other businesses that were safe for black travelers. It was a resourceful and innovative solution to a horrific problem. It took...

8) Overground railroad

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Cline-Ransome, Lesa

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In poems, illustrated with collage art, a perceptive girl tells the story of her train journey from North Carolina to New York City as part of the Great Migration. Each leg of the trip brings new revelations as scenes out the window of folks working in fields give way to the Delaware River, the curtain that separates the colored car is removed, and glimpses of the freedom and opportunity the family hopes to find come into view. --from Amazon.

9) Finding Langston

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Cline-Ransome, Lesa

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Finding Langston volume 1

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Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.