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Makers of America: Class discussion and exercises
Makers Of America: The Great African American Migration
Chapter 37:
The Eisenhower Era, 1952 - 1960
Questions for Class Discussion
- Why did World War II finally provide
the historic impetus to cause African Americans to leave their ancient conditions
of oppression in the rural South?
- What benefits did African Americans
gain from their migration north and west, and what problems did they still
have?
Suggested Student Exercises
- Use photographs or other documents of
the African American migration to northern cities in the World War II era.
Examine what evidence the photographs provide about the economic conditions
of the migrants.
- Read passages from one of the novels of
the era, for example, Richard Wrights Native Son or
Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man, to illustrate
the feelings and perceptions of African Americans as they entered life in
the large northern cities. Wrights autobiography, Black
Boy, also explains the conditions and aspirations that led many young
blacks to leave the rural South and move north.
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