A movement in every direction : a great migration critical reader /
This thoughtful interweaving of text and imagery presents a variety of perspectives on the Great Migration (1915-70), the mass exodus and dispersion of millions of African Americans out of the South. Through archival photography, newspaper clippings, maps, journal articles, book excerpts and ephemer...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore : Jackson : New Haven, Connecticut :
Baltimore Museum of Art ; Mississippi Museum of Art ; In association with Yale University Press,
[2022].
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| Summary: | This thoughtful interweaving of text and imagery presents a variety of perspectives on the Great Migration (1915-70), the mass exodus and dispersion of millions of African Americans out of the South. Through archival photography, newspaper clippings, maps, journal articles, book excerpts and ephemera such as family recipes, the book immerses readers in Black history, the Great Migration and its legacy. The book includes texts by authors ranging from W. E. B. Du Bois and Jean Toomer to Toni Tipton-Martin and culminates in a candid roundtable discussion about familial migration stories among some of the most respected Black artists, writers and scholars working today, including Theaster Gates, Kiese Laymon, Carrie Mae Weems and others. The material is presented in three unique, thematic sections that explore the Great Migration's impact on the American city, Black Southern foodways and cultural expression. Taken as a whole, this important volume provides powerful testimony to the systemic challenges such as social segregation, racism and discrimination that Black communities have faced from the post-Emancipation period to the present moment. |
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| Item Description: | Illustrations on endpapers. Published in conjunction with the exhibition presented at the Mississippi Museum of Art, April 9-September 11, 2022, and at the Baltimore Museum of Art, October 30, 2022-January 29, 2023. |
| Physical Description: | 319 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780300264463 0300264461 |