migration, internal

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.

Traces how the peoples of India and Pakistan have migrated worldwide.

Chronicles the experiences of the more than one million people who traveled to California to find better opportunities during the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and the war boom of the 1940s.

Discusses the everyday social, cultural, and political lives of African American migrants in the United States as they establish communities far from their original homes, especially between 1865 through 1965.

Black-and-white photographs and text discuss the social history between slavery and the civil rights movement, and cover legal discrimination, the Ku Klux Klan, Booker T. Washington, the NAACP, race riots, Harlem, military service during the World Wars, and more.

Discusses how boomtowns were built, what businesses could be found there, how the people lived, and what dangers were associated with them.

Provides true accounts of African-American migrants, describing the experiences of children through slavery, emancipation, and migration to the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, and Africa, and examining organizations that offered aid to migrant children.

Provides a brief history of slavery in the United States, and discusses the migration of African-Americans to other parts of the country after the Civil War.

Explores the early migration of Native Americans and includes information about the formation of the United States, the Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears, Battle of Little Bighorn, and Indian reservations.