Alien Soil: Oral Histories of Great Migration Newark

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Discussion

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Adults
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Piscataway Library is pleased to have Dr. Katie Singer discuss her book, Alien Soil: Oral Histories of Great Migration Newark, released August 2024. Dr. Singer is a scholar, writer, and activist. The Great Migration, as it was later dubbed, describes the movement of more than 6 million Blacks from the southern United States to the North, Midwest, and Western regions of the United States between 1910 and 1980s (note: these dates are expanded to encompass both Migrations) to find better jobs, better working conditions and to flee racist policies under the Jim Crow South.

This event accompanies the traveling exhibit World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration.

World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration was developed by the American Anthropological Association, together with the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and Smithsonian Exhibits. It is administered by the American Library Association’s Public Programs Office.

More information about the traveling exhibition can be found at understandingmigration.org.