The Great Migration in Historical Perspective: New Dimensions of Race, Class, and Gender

Foreword by Nell Irvin Painter Preface Acknowledgments Introduction, Black Migration in Historical Perspective: A Review of the Literature Joe William Trotter, Jr. Expectations, Economic Opportunities, and Life in the Industrial Age: Black Migration to Norfolk, Virginia, 1910-1945 Earl Lewis Race, Class, and Industrial Change: Black Migration to Southern West Virginia, 1915-1932 Joe William Trotter, Jr. Rethinking the Graet Migration: A Perspective from Pittsburgh Peter Gottlieb The White Man's Union: The Great Migration and the Resonance of Race and Class in Chicago, 1916-1922 James R. Grossman Getting There, Being There: African-American Migration to Richmond, California, 1910-1945 Shirley Ann Moore Black Migration to the Urban Midwest: The Gender Dimension, 1915-1945 Darlene Clark Hine Conclusion. Black Migration Studies: The Future Joe William Trotter, Jr. Contributors Index