The Great Migration

Based on your reading in A Different Mirror, Chapter 13, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, compare the experiences of African Americans who migrated to Chicago and Harlem, NY during the Great Migration. What racial challenges did African Americans face in Chicago and how did they address them? What intellectual and cultural movements in Harlem helped to foster “Black pride”? Do you feel life in the North was an improvement over life in the South? Support your analysis using examples raised in the text.