Voices of the Great Migration: Personal Stories of Struggle and Triumph

OWL Celebrates Learning

OWL Celebrates Learning
Voices of the Great Migration: Personal Stories of Struggle and Triumph
May 07, 2023 Season 1 Episode 1
Thomas Totushek

This is the first podcast of the season which introduces the project for which the students were creating the podcasts. Then it features Jordan's podcast which discusses the Great Migration, a significant movement in American history when millions of African Americans migrated from the rural south to the urban northern West between the early 1900s and 1960s. The migration was driven by factors such as harsh segregation laws, lack of economic opportunities, and seeking refuge from violence and racism. The podcast features interviews with three individuals who have personal connections to the Great Migration, including a woman whose grandmother migrated from Mississippi to Chicago, a man whose grandfather was a civil rights activist during the migration, and a woman whose father was a jazz musician in the Harlem Renaissance. The Great Migration brought together a diverse group of people who shared a common goal of making a change for the better.