North to Boston : life histories from the Black Great Migration in New England /

"North to Boston examines the history of Black migration to the city from the South as part of the Great Migration and explores that subject in greater depth through the life histories of ten individuals who moved to the city from 1943 to 1969. Each is the focus of one chapter. Tens of thousand...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gumprecht, Blake (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church (Boston, Mass.) > Biography. African Americans > Massachusetts > Boston > Social conditions > 20th century. African Americans > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography. Migration, Internal > New England > History > 20th century. Great Migration, ca. 1914-ca. 1970. Boston (Mass.) > Race relations > History > 20th century. Noirs américains > Massachusetts > Boston > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle. Noirs américains > Massachusetts > Boston > Biographies. Migration intérieure > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 20e siècle. HISTORY. Genealogy & Heraldry. REFERENCE. Minority Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE. African Americans African Americans > Social conditions Migration, Internal Race relations Massachusetts > Boston New England Biography & non-fiction prose. Biography. 1900-1999 Electronic books. Biographies History Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

Preface
1. The Great Migration in New England
2. Charles Gordon, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1943
3. Thomas Lindsay, Birmingham, Alabama, 1951
4. Lucy Parham, Morven, North Carolina, 1957
5. Ollie Sumrall Jr., Quitman, Mississippi, 1959
6. Elizabeth Hall Davis, Columbia, South Carolina, 1963
7. Willie Pittman, Shady Grove, Alabama, 1963
8. Geraldine Walker, Clay County, Alabama, 1963
9. Barbra Hicks, Bradford, Alabama, 1964
10. Al Kinnitt Jr., Brunswick, Georgia, 1964
11. Elta Garrett, Sun, Louisiana, 1969
12. Ten Lives, What They Teach Us, and Why They Matter
Notes
Additional Reading
Index.