Research Catalog

Title

Making our way home : the Great Migration and the Black American dream / Blair Imani ; foreword by Patrisse Cullors ; illustrations by Rachelle Baker.

Author

Imani, Blair

Publication

New York : Ten Speed Press, [2020]

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Details

Additional Authors

Baker, Rachelle

Description

xi, 179 pages : color illustrations, color map; 24 cm

Summary

"A powerful illustrated history of the Great Migration and its sweeping impact on Black and American culture, from Reconstruction to the rise of hip hop. Over the course of six decades, an unprecedented wave of Black Americans left the South and spread across the nation in search of a better life--a migration that sparked stunning demographic and cultural changes in twentieth-century America. Through gripping and accessible historical narrative paired with illustrations, author and activist Blair Imani examines the largely overlooked impact of The Great Migration and how it affected--and continues to affect--Black identity and America as a whole. Making Our Way Home explores issues like voting rights, domestic terrorism, discrimination, and segregation alongside the flourishing of arts and culture, activism, and civil rights. Imani shows how these influences shaped America's workforce and wealth distribution by featuring the stories of notable people and events, relevant data, and family histories. The experiences of prominent figures such as James Baldwin, Fannie Lou Hamer, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (Malcolm X), Ella Baker, and others are woven into the larger historical and cultural narratives of the Great Migration to create a truly singular record of this powerful journey"--

Alternative Title

Great Migration and the Black American dream

Subject

• 1900-1999
• African Americans > Migrations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
• Migration, Internal > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
• African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
• African Americans > Race identity > Juvenile literature
• African American arts > 20th century > Juvenile literature
• African American arts
• African Americans > Civil rights
• African Americans > Migrations
• African Americans > Race identity
• Migration, Internal
• United States

Genre/Form

• History.
• Juvenile works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience (note)

• Grades 7-9.

Contents

Foreword / by Patrisse Cullors -- Introduction -- Separate but equal : Reconstruction-1919 -- Beautiful - and ugly, too : 1920-1929 -- I, too, am America : 1930-1939 -- Liberty and justice for all? : 1940-1949 -- Trouble ahead : 1950-1959 -- The time is in the street, you know : 1960-1969 -- All power to all the people : 1970-1979 -- Conclusion -- Glossary.

Call Number

Sc E 20-458

ISBN

• 9781984856920
• 1984856928
• 9781984856937 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019041055

OCLC

1133662873

Author

Imani, Blair, author.

Title

Making our way home : the Great Migration and the Black American dream / Blair Imani ; foreword by Patrisse Cullors ; illustrations by Rachelle Baker.

Publisher

New York : Ten Speed Press, [2020]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience

Grades 7-9.

Local Subject

Black author.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Baker, Rachelle, illustrator.

Research Call Number

Sc E 20-458