Chronicles the journey of African Americans who, like the artist's family, left the rural South in the early twentieth century to find a better life in the industrial North. Includes a poem by Walter Dean Myers and reproductions of the painting series "The Migration of the Negro" by Jacob Lawrence. This a recommended resource for Picturing America project from the National Endowment for the Humanities.(Elementary School (K-5))
TRC audience:
Elementary (K-5)
TRC subject:
Multicultural Topics
Late Twentieth Century (1946-Present)
Early Nineteenth Century (1800-1865)
Language Arts
Picturing America Resource
TRC format:
Book