Culture from the Great Migration
Various
1910-1970
This space is set aside for a contextualizing narrative. It is available to either a contributing educator or for a student to submit.
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The initial conversation addresses some of the questions that are used to analyze a primary source, but not all. With your teacher’s guidance, please record your insights on the following, and submit them to the site for publication:
What forms of media did creative people produce during the Great Migration?
How were books, music and other forms of expression produced by African Americans throughout the period?
What ideas and behaviors are consistent between different cultural pieces connected to the Great Migration?
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“Culture” is a very broad term, and can mean anything produced by a society. Please provide images, videos and audio of media related to the movement of African Americans from the Southeast to the North and West.