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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Add to the discussion

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?

Gallery

“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.