The Great Migration
Document Type
Panel Presentation
Keywords
African American, integration, promise land
Biography
This paper is about the gradual transition of African American's moving from the South to the North or West part of the country.
Major
Health Science
Advisor for this project
Chris White
Abstract
“I pick up my life and take it with me and I put it down in Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Scranton…I pick up my life and take it on the train to Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Seattle, Oakland, Salt Lake, any place that is north and west- and not south.” - Langston Hughes “One-Way Ticket” [1]
The Great Migration was a gradual and silent transition of African Americans leaving the unfair treatment from the South to find better opportunities. They did this to be treated as citizens and not ex-slaves. The majority wanted to live in a Jim Crow-free state, and this took hope and courage. Three characters in the book, The Warmth of Other Suns, represented the millions who took a chance to leave the south to go north or west.
The Great Migration
“I pick up my life and take it with me and I put it down in Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Scranton…I pick up my life and take it on the train to Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Seattle, Oakland, Salt Lake, any place that is north and west- and not south.” - Langston Hughes “One-Way Ticket” [1]
The Great Migration was a gradual and silent transition of African Americans leaving the unfair treatment from the South to find better opportunities. They did this to be treated as citizens and not ex-slaves. The majority wanted to live in a Jim Crow-free state, and this took hope and courage. Three characters in the book, The Warmth of Other Suns, represented the millions who took a chance to leave the south to go north or west.
