Field to factory : Afro-American migration 1915-1940 / by Spencer R. Crew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crew, Spencer R., 1949-

Contributor:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Migrations--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

African Americans.

Rural-urban migration--United States--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Rural-urban migration.

Migration, Internal--United States--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Migration, Internal.

History.

Exhibitions.

African Americans--Migrations.

United States.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

79 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Department of Public Programs, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 1987.

Contents:

World War I and the Great Migration

Labor Recruiters

The Black Press

Letters and Visits Home

Life in the South

Farm Work

Southern Schools

The Decision to Move

Family

Community and Church

Heading North

A Journey in Stages

Up North

Housing

A Mixed Reception

Factory Work

Discrimination on the Job

Blacks and Unions

Black Women at Work

Black Churches in the North

Nannie Helen Burroughs

Education in the North

The New North and the New Negro

Northern Politics

Northern Black Businesses

Black and White

A Mixed Blessing.

Notes:

"An exhibition at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, February 1987 through March 1988"--T.p.

"Design: Gerard A. Valerio."

Includes bibliographical references (page 79).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

OCLC:

25831997