American Literature / Unit 13 AML 1201 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Great Migration and a New Capital
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The idea
Between the wars hundreds of thousands of Black Americans left the rural South for northern cities, and one New York neighbourhood became the centre of Black art, politics and culture in the country. The movement of people is what made the movement of writing possible.
In practice
A migration north, and a neighbourhood that gathered it.
Where people slip
The literary flowering followed the migration.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- Nothing. This is a starting point.
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