migration, internal

A collection of poems discussing the act of moving, journeying, or immigrating to a new home.

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.

Presents the story of the migration of African Americans from the South during the first half of the twentieth century.

Describes the migration of people and settlement around the world discussing such topics as pollution and congestion, transportation, and escaping natural disasters.

Explores immigration, migration, and the growth of the American city and includes information about factory towns, early working conditions, child labor, unions, and the railroad industry.

Discusses the conditions of African Americans in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, and the migration of many former slaves, led by such men as Benjamin Singleton and Henry Adams, to the West looking for a better life.

Describes the economic and environmental conditions that led to the Great Depression and the horrific dust storms that drove people from their homes westward during the 1930s.

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.