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The Great Migration begins

Millions of Black Southerners begin moving north and west, fleeing terror and seeking opportunity.

Full storyThe Great Migration

Resources

Books·1

The Warmth of Other Suns

Isabel Wilkerson

The definitive narrative history of the Great Migration.

Newspapers·1

Newspaper· 1905· Primary

The Chicago Defender

Robert S. Abbott

The newspaper that helped spur the Great Migration.

Websites·1

Website· Primary

NYPL Digital Collections — the Great Migration

New York Public Library

Digitized photographs and documents of the Great Migration and Harlem Renaissance.

The web

Connections to other moments, systems, and investigations — the links rarely drawn together.

caused·Thread
The Harlem Renaissance
The migration north concentrated Black talent in cities like Harlem.
connects to·Event
The Tulsa Race Massacre
Black prosperity built by migration and enterprise became a target of white violence.

Where to go next

The Harlem Renaissance

The migration north concentrated Black talent in cities like Harlem.

The Tulsa Race Massacre

Black prosperity built by migration and enterprise became a target of white violence.