"I wanted to capture the experience of the migration both from the perspective of composers who lived it and also from the viewpoint of a young composer who's experiencing a completely different ...

The Great Migration is often taught as a story of Black hardship, but in this episode of The Breakdown, we explore what it truly was: a strategic act of survival and power. Between 1916 and 1970, more ...

Zoë Charlton, "Permanent Change of Station" (2022) in A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration at the Chicago Cultural Center (photo Patrick L. Pyszka, City of Chicago) CHICAGO — ...

Even today, the student body at Xavier University in New Orleans reflects the Great Migration, the exodus of millions of African-Americans from Louisiana and other Deep South states between 1915 and ...

POLITICAL MAKEUP OF THE COUNTRY AND HERE IN BALTIMORE. >> MIGRATION IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE. LISA: JESSICA BELL BROWN IS THE CO-CURATOR OF THE EXHIBIT A MOVEMENT IN EVERY ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of America's most significant stories. A local group is kicking off a year-long celebration of the period known as The Great Migration.

(Above: One of many University of Houston student projects related to The Great Migration of African Americans from the South to large cities during the 20th century. Photo Courtesy: University of ...

Starting in the 1910s, some six million Black people left the American South, many fleeing racial violence and economic hardship for opportunities elsewhere. The Great Migration was one of the largest ...

In 2018, Isabella Ramos-Bracho, right, interviewed Edith Crutchfield for a class called “Real World History,” which helps District high school students learn about the Great Migration. (Family photo) ...

"I wanted to capture the experience of the migration both from the perspective of composers who lived it and also from the viewpoint of a young composer who's experiencing a completely different ...