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HarperCollins, 2010-21-12

Great Migration: Journey to the North

Great Migration: Journey to the North

Eloise Greenfield, Author

Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Illustrator

Hardcover

9780061259210

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Describes the period of the 20th century when many African Americans left the South to make better lives for themselves in the northern states.
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Keywords and Themes: Activity Books • African American & Black • City & Town Life • Country Life • Family • Fantasy • General • General (see also headings under Social Themes) • Historical • JUV011010 • JUV013000 • JUV016150 • JUV023000 • JUV024000 • JUV053000 • JUV054000 • JUV057000 • JUV068000 • JUV070000 • Juvenile Fiction • Lifestyles • Poetry (see also Stories in Verse) • Science Fiction • Stories in Verse (see also Poetry) • Travel • United States - 20th Century

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 32

Subjects • American poetry • Poetry • History • Picture books • 20th century • Migrations • Southern States • African Americans • 1877-1964

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | African American & Black • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century • Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | City & Town Life • Juvenile Fiction | Poetry (see also Stories in Verse) • Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Country Life • Juvenile Fiction | Activity Books | General • Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes) • Juvenile Fiction | Travel • Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry) • Juvenile Fiction | Science Fiction | General • Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General

We were one family among the many thousands. Mama and Daddy leaving home, coming to the city, with their hopes and their courage, their dreams and their children, to make a better life.

In this beautiful collection of poems and collage artwork, award winners Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist gracefully depict the experiences of families like their own, who found the courage to leave their homes behind during the Great Migration and make new lives for themselves elsewhere.

When Eloise Greenfield was four months old, her family moved from their home in Parmele, North Carolina, to Washington, D.C. Before Jan Spivey Gilchrist was born, her mother moved from Arkansas and her father moved from Mississippi. Both settled in Chicago, Illinois. Though none of them knew it at the time, they had all become part of the Great Migration.

The Great Migration concludes with a bibliography.

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