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North to Boston : life histories from the black Great Migration in New England / Blake Gumprecht.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gumprecht, Blake, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Massachusetts--Boston--Social conditions--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.
- Migration, Internal--New England--History--20th century.
- Migration, Internal.
- Great Migration, ca. 1914-ca. 1970.
- Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church (Boston, Mass.)--Biography.
- Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church (Boston, Mass.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- North to Boston tells the life histories of ten Black individuals who moved from the southern United States to Boston, Massachusetts, during the Great Migration. Based on extensive oral history interviews and a creative narrative structure, Gumprecht illuminates this singularly important event in the making of Boston as it exists today.
- Contents:
- Cover
- North to Boston
- Copyright
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gumprecht, Blake North to Boston
- ISBN:
- 0-19-761446-9
- 0-19-761445-0
- 9780197614471
- OCLC:
- 1376932646
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