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The making of African America : the four great migrations, Ira Berlin

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Four great migrations defined the history of black people in America: the violent removal of Africans to the east coast of North America known as the Middle Passage; the relocation of one million slaves to the interior of the antebellum South; the movement of six million blacks to the industrial cities of the north and west a century later; and, since the late 1960s, the arrival of black immigrants from Africa, the Americas, and Europe. These epic migrations have made and remade African American life. This new account evokes both the terrible price and the moving triumphs of a people forcibly and then willingly migrating to America. Historian Ira Berlin finds a dynamic of change in which eras of deep rootedness alternate with eras of massive movement, tradition giving way to innovation. The culture of black America is constantly evolving, affected by (and affecting) places as far away from one another as Biloxi, Chicago, Kingston, and Lagos.--From publisher description
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eng
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The making of African America : the four great migrations
Title
The making of African America
Title remainder
the four great migrations
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Ira Berlin
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Four great migrations defined the history of black people in America: the violent removal of Africans to the east coast of North America known as the Middle Passage; the relocation of one million slaves to the interior of the antebellum South; the movement of six million blacks to the industrial cities of the north and west a century later; and, since the late 1960s, the arrival of black immigrants from Africa, the Americas, and Europe. These epic migrations have made and remade African American life. This new account evokes both the terrible price and the moving triumphs of a people forcibly and then willingly migrating to America. Historian Ira Berlin finds a dynamic of change in which eras of deep rootedness alternate with eras of massive movement, tradition giving way to innovation. The culture of black America is constantly evolving, affected by (and affecting) places as far away from one another as Biloxi, Chicago, Kingston, and Lagos.--From publisher description
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1941-2018
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Berlin, Ira
Index
index present
LC call number
E185
LC item number
.B473 2010
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Slave trade
  • Slave trade
  • Migration, Internal
  • United States
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The making of African America : the four great migrations, Ira Berlin
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https://archive.org/details/makingofafricana00berl_0
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
304 p.
Isbn
9780670021376
Lccn
20090283 66
System control number
  • (OCoLC)426253876
  • (OCoLC)426253876
Label
The making of African America : the four great migrations, Ira Berlin
Link
https://archive.org/details/makingofafricana00berl_0
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
304 p.
Isbn
9780670021376
Lccn
20090283 66
System control number
  • (OCoLC)426253876
  • (OCoLC)426253876

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