Goin' North

Stories from the First Great Migration to Philadelphia

Charles Hardy III and Janneken Smucker (West Chester Univ.) and Doug Boyd (Univ. of Kentucky Libraries) | May 4, 2021

Goin’ North draws on the resources of various institutions to tell the story of the Great Migration, the unprecedented 20th-century northern migration of African Americans born in the US South. The site features 42 oral history modules, 26 biographies, multiple essays, and exploratory questions.

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