The Great African American Migration Part 1: Overview and Methodology – James Tanner (Sep 2023)
This first video in a six-part series explains the concepts for beginning research into the Great Migration, including focusing on the methodology used in researching a representative family with an introduction to the types of records that can be used to start building the family’s history back into the 1800s beginning with the 1950 U.S. Federal Census. This part of the series will focus on a family from Chicago.
The Great African American Migration – James Tanner (16 Jul 2023)
The Great African American Migration Part 1: Overview and Methodology
The Great African American Migration Part 2: Destinations and Causes
The Great African American Migration Part 3: Additional Sources and Records
The Great African American Migration Part 4: Impact on the Country
The Great African American Migration Part 5: Understanding and Researching the Records
The Great African American Migration Part 6: Summary of the Main Record Sources