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.
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.
Blake Gumprecht taught geography for more than two decades at the University of New Hampshire, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of two previous books, The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth and The American College Town, both of which won the American Association of Geographers' J. B. Jackson Prize. He now lives and writes in El Paso, Texas.
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* 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
* 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
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