rural-urban migration

Traces the history of the African-American migration from the rural South to the urban North during the early twentieth century, providing photographs, illustrations, excerpts from primary source documents, first-person narratives, and biographical sketches, and including a chronology.

Discusses the northward journey of African-American Southerners, the greatest internal mass migration of people in American history.

Text and photographs tell the story of the one million African Americans who left their homes in the South for the cities of the Northeast and Midwest between 1915 and 1930 and how they changed American history and culture.

Chronicles the decades-long migration of African-Americans who fled the South for northern and western cities between 1915 and 1970, discussing how they altered the cities of America and the African-American community.

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.

Examines extreme overpopulation and poverty in various parts of Africa, increased mortality rates as a result of the AIDS epidemic, and high birth rates.

Presents an overview of important political and social issues today in the cities and towns of the world.

Chronicles African-American history from Reconstruction through the great migration of the early twentieth century, with many historical photos and illustrations and several removable documents and other three-dimensional features.

Provides identity to those who have been participants in African American diaspora, and examines the issues of urban disintegration and rural poverty.

"Provides a comprehensive overview of the movement of millions of African Americans out of the South during the twentieth century, including the political, social, and economic factors that drove their migration. Includes a narrative overview, biographies, primary sources, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.