The first migrants : how Black homesteaders' quest for land and freedom heralded America's Great Migration / Richard Edwards and Jacob K Friefeld ; preface by Angela Bates.
Publisher:
University of Nebraska Press,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xix, 458 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index. "The Homesteading Project, University of Nebraska."--Title page.
Contents:
Land! -- Push and Pull -- A new start at Nicodemus -- Nicodemus flourishes -- Henry and Mary Burden's flight to freedom -- Homesteading alone -- DeWitty and the Sandhills -- The Speese Family odyssey -- Opportunity in Sully County -- Tragedy and failure at Empire -- Oscar Micheaux, a/k/a "The Homesteader" -- Sand and success at Dearfield -- Struggles in the desert at Blackdom -- Black homesteaders and the Great Migration -- Gen H's legacy -- Epilogue: Where Are the black farmers? -- Appendix: Black homesteaders and white racism.
Summary:
"The First Migrants explores the narrative histories of Black homesteaders in the Great Plains and the larger themes which characterize their shared experiences"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.