My parents absolutely did not think of themselves as part…

Well, I'm a daughter of the great migration as, really, the majority of African Americans that you meet in the north and west are…

— Isabel Wilkerson

What I love about the stories of the Great Migration is that this is not ancient history; this is living history. Most people of…

— Isabel Wilkerson

The suburbanization and the ghettos that were created as a result of the limits of where [African-Americans] could live in the North [still exist…

— Isabel Wilkerson

There are certain things that we take for granted that simply would not have existed without the great migration. Motown, for example, would not…

— Isabel Wilkerson

[The Great Migration] had such an effect on almost every aspect of our lives - from the music that we listen to to the…

— Isabel Wilkerson

And in some ways, to me, that's one of the inspiring and powerful things about the Great Migration itself. There was no leader, there…

— Isabel Wilkerson

“Great Migration. It would become perhaps the biggest underreported story of the twentieth century. It was vast. It was leaderless. It crept along so…

— Isabel Wilkerson

At the beginning of the 20th century, before the migration began, 90 percent of all African-Americans were living in the South. By the end…

— Isabel Wilkerson

Immigration is a kind of pilgrimage. That's the way I see it. Just to go back to the desert, biblical metaphors, that's the story…

— Ruben Martinez

The Great Migration can get forgotten if we don't pay attention or bear witness to it. It's part of my personal history and the…

— Jacqueline Woodson

What will make the 'Bitter Root' film unique is that it is a Black-owned, Black-created storyline steeped in the history of the Harlem Renaissance…

— Jason Johnson

“Some historians, in fact, suggest Hartford recruiters may have pioneered strategies that spurred the great migration of Southern rural blacks to Northern cities.”

— Susan Eaton

The Great Migration changed American history not just for the migrants but for all of us. It made possible American cultural milestones like the…

— William Barr

“All told, perhaps the most significant measure of the Great Migration was the act of leaving itself, regardless of the individual outcome. Despite the…

— Vintage

Californians tend to be outspoken. When the great migration began, the more timid people must have stayed home, and the bolder ones headed west.

— Shana Alexander