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"Aya Mahobo" : migrant labour and the cultural semiotics of Harare (Mbare) African township, 1930-70 / Maurice Taonezvi Vambe

Author:
Vambe, Maurice Taonezvi  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Zimbabwe
Mbare
Mbare (Zimbabwe)
Date:
2012
Topic:
Rural-urban migration  Search this
Dance  Search this
Women  Search this
City dwellers  Search this
Popular music--Political aspects  Search this
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
NA1580 .C65 2012
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1034697
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A century of Negro migration / Carter G. Woodson ; introduction by Samuel Roberts

Author:
Woodson, Carter Godwin 1875-1950  Search this
Physical description:
xxv, 221 p. : maps ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Northeastern States
United States
Date:
2002
1918
C2002
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
African Americans--Migrations--History  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History  Search this
Migration, Internal  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_711937
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Abiding courage : African American migrant women and the East Bay community / Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo

Author:
Lemke-Santangelo, Gretchen  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Date:
1996
C1996
20th century
Topic:
African American women--Social conditions  Search this
African Americans--Migrations--History  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_491771
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African American miners and migrants : the Eastern Kentucky Social Club / Thomas E. Wagner and Phillip J. Obermiller ; afterword by William H. Turner

Author:
Wagner, Thomas E  Search this
Obermiller, Phillip J  Search this
Subject:
Eastern Kentucky Social Club  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 158 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm
Type:
Interviews
Biography
Eastern Kentucky Social Club
Place:
Kentucky
United States
Benham (Ky.)
Lynch (Ky.)
Date:
2004
C2004
Topic:
African Americans--Societies, etc  Search this
African Americans  Search this
African American coal miners--Social life and customs  Search this
Mining camps--History  Search this
Rural-urban migration  Search this
Mountain life  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_950214
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Beyond the Campo Cintato : prostitutes, migrants and 'criminals' in colonial Asmara (Eritrea), 1890-1941 / Francesca Locatelli

Author:
Locatelli, Francesca  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Eritrea
Asmara
Asmara (Eritrea)
Date:
2009
Topic:
City planning  Search this
Rural-urban migration  Search this
Prostitution  Search this
History  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Colonization  Search this
Call number:
HT384.A35 A32 2009
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1033546
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Black migration and the American city : forging the African American urban community : Friday, February 5, and Saturday, February 6, 1988 / sponsored by the National Museum of American History

Author:
Crew, Spencer R. 1949-  Search this
Horton, James Oliver  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this
John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African-American Documentation NcD  Search this
Physical description:
30 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
1988
[1988]
20th century
Topic:
African Americans--History  Search this
African Americans--Migrations--History  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History  Search this
Migration, Internal--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1076851
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Black protest and the great migration : a brief history with documents / Eric Arnesen

Author:
Arnesen, Eric  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 226 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm
Type:
Sources
Place:
Southern States
United States
Date:
2003
C2003
20th century
1877-1964
Topic:
African Americans--Migrations--History  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Protest movements--History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_919726
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Black workers in the era of the great migration, 1916-1929 / James R. Grossman, editor ; associate editor, Randolph Boehm ; guide compiled by Martin Schipper

Author:
Schipper, Martin Paul  Search this
Grossman, James R  Search this
Boehm, Randolph  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 39 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1985
C1985
20th century
Topic:
African Americans--Employment--Sources--Indexes  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions--Sources--Indexes  Search this
Labor movement--Sources--Indexes  Search this
Migration, Internal--History--Sources--Indexes  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History--Sources--Indexes  Search this
Call number:
E185.8 .S33 1985
E185.8.S33 1985
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_375442
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Black workers in the era of the great migration, 1916-1929 [microform] / James R. Grossman, editor

Author:
Grossman, James R  Search this
Schipper, Martin Paul Black workers in the era of the great migration, 1916-1929  Search this
University Publications of America, Inc  Search this
Physical description:
25 microfilm reels ; 35 mm
Type:
Microforms
Place:
United States
Date:
1985
20th century
Topic:
African Americans--Employment--Sources  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions--Sources  Search this
Labor movement--Sources  Search this
Migration, Internal--History--Sources  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History--Sources  Search this
Call number:
E185.8 .B5628 1985
mfm 1181
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_375441
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Bound for the promised land : African American religion and the great migration / Milton C. Sernett

Author:
Sernett, Milton C. 1942-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 345 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1997
20th century
1877-1964
Topic:
African Americans--Religion  Search this
African Americans--Migrations--History  Search this
Migration, Internal--History  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Church history  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_528686
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Canaan bound : the African-American great migration novel / Lawrence R. Rodgers

Author:
Rodgers, Lawrence R (Lawrence Richard) 1960-  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 235 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Southern States
Date:
1997
C1997
20th century
Topic:
American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism  Search this
African Americans in literature  Search this
Rural-urban migration in literature  Search this
Migration, Internal, in literature  Search this
City and town life in literature  Search this
Literature and society--History  Search this
Narration (Rhetoric)  Search this
In literature  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_521919
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Competition in the promised land : black migrants in northern cities and labor markets / Leah Platt Boustan

Author:
Boustan, Leah Platt  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 197 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2017
20th century
Topic:
African Americans--Migrations--History  Search this
Migration, Internal--History  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1105498
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Encyclopedia of the great Black migration / edited by Steven A. Reich

Author:
Reich, Steven A (Steven Andrew) 1965-  Search this
Physical description:
3 v. : ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Encyclopedias
Place:
United States
Date:
2006
20th century
Topic:
African Americans--Migrations--History  Search this
Migration, Internal--History  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_800658
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Field to Factory Opens, NMAH

Subject:
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)  Search this
Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration, 1915-1940 (Exhibition) (1987: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Date:
February 5, 1987
20th century
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Exhibit openings  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
African Americans--Migrations--History  Search this
Openings  Search this
Rural-urban migration  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_2318
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Field to factory : Afro-American migration 1915-1940 : educational outreach kit draft

Author:
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Education Division  Search this
Physical description:
124 p. : ill., forms, map ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1989
[1989]
Topic:
African Americans--Social conditions--History  Search this
Rural-urban migration  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions--History  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Call number:
E185.86 .F456 1989
E185.86.F456 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_378136
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Fly away : the great African American cultural migrations / Peter M. Rutkoff and William B. Scott

Author:
Rutkoff, Peter M. 1942-  Search this
Scott, William B. 1945-  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 408 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2010
20th century
1877-1964
Topic:
African Americans--Migrations--History  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Migration, Internal--History  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History  Search this
African Americans--Social life and customs  Search this
Civilization  Search this
African American influences  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_939161
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Freedom's children : the journey from emancipation into the twentieth century / by Velma Maia Thomas

Title:
Freedom's children : the passage from emancipation to the Great Migration
Author:
Thomas, Velma Maia  Search this
Physical description:
32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 26 x 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2000
C2000
20th century
1863-1877
1877-1964
Topic:
Slaves--Emancipation  Search this
Freedmen--Social conditions  Search this
African Americans--Migrations--History  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_614176
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Indigenous migration and social change : the forasteros of Cuzco, 1570-1720 / Ann M. Wightman

Author:
Wightman, Ann M  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 315 p. : map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Peru
Cuzco
Date:
1990
1548-1820
Topic:
Social conditions  Search this
Rural-urban migration  Search this
Incas--Politics and government  Search this
Incas--Social conditions  Search this
Colonial administrators  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
F3429.3.S59W54 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_419359
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Lord, please don't take me in August : African Americans in Newport and Saratoga Springs, 1870-1930 / Myra B. Young Armstead

Author:
Armstead, Myra Beth Young 1954-  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 176 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Rhode Island
Newport
New York (State)
Saratoga Springs
Newport (R.I.)
Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)
Date:
1999
C1999
19th century
20th century
Topic:
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History  Search this
Resorts--History  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_600690
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Making a way out of no way : African American women and the second great migration / Lisa Krissoff Boehm

Author:
Boehm, Lisa Krissoff 1969-  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 297 p. : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
C2009
20th century
Topic:
African American women--Social conditions  Search this
African American women--History  Search this
African Americans--Migrations--History  Search this
Migration, Internal--History  Search this
Rural-urban migration--History  Search this
African American women  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_925792

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