The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield

Greenfield, Eloise The Great Migration: Journey to the North, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.  (Amistad) Harper, 2011.  $16.99.  PICTURE BOOK.  Content: G.  Over the course of 15 years, more than one million African Americans left their unwelcoming Southern neighborhoods to try to build new lives in the North.  Greenfield introduces us , in short verses, to the people, the reasons, the journey and hopes.  Very useful for a lesson during Black History month or life between the wars.  EL, MS – OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library Teacher