Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-212) and index.
Contents:
pt. 1. Introduction: "The great American protest" -- Origins of the Great Migration -- Wartime opportunities in the North -- The promised land? -- Wartime Black leaders, the New Negro, and grassroots politics -- Racial violence and the postwar reaction to Black activism -- Consequences of the Migration -- pt. 2. The documents -- The Great Migration begins -- Why they left: conditions in the South -- White Southerners respond to the Migration -- Southern Black's warnings about Migration -- Letters from Migrants -- The promised land? -- "The truth about the North" -- The East St. Louis riot -- The evolution of Black politics -- Patriotism and military service -- The emergence of the New Negro during and after the war -- Black women, protest, and the Suffrage -- Black workets and the wartime home front -- Black men and the labor question -- Black women and the war -- Opportunities and obstacles in the postwar era -- An uncertain future -- 1919 riots -- The Elaine Massacre -- Postwar migration -- Heading South? or Coming North? -- Building a new life in the North -- The New Negro and the Harlem Renaissance.
Summary:
Documents taken from newspapers, periodicals, journals, and trade publications that highlight a variety of perspectives related to the Great Migration of African Americans from southern to northern states during the World War I era.
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