Solomon's Great Migration 2012

In March 2012, twenty 7th and 8th grade students from Solomon Middle School will travel by train from Mississippi to Chicago, recreating an epic journey. This blog will document our students' experiences. Thank you for your support!

Solomon Great Migration

*Logo designed by 2011 Great Migration participant Jameese C. and her brother.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Recent Press about the trip

Check out the article and blog post about our Great Migration written by the Greenville Arts Council by clicking here.

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About the Trip

SMSGreatMigration: Greenville, Mississippi; The Great Northern Migration Eighty years ago, seven million African Americans in the South fled Jim Crow laws, cotton-infesting boll weevils, and the Great Flood of 1927 to pursue new opportunities in Northern factories and the service industry; many of these migrants were from Mississippi and settled in Chicago. Learning about the Great Migration Prior to departure, students will research their family’s personal connection to the Great Migration by interviewing family members and family friends. Traveling north via Amtrak, we will leave Greenwood, MS and arrive in Chicago, just like African Americans traveled north on the Illinois Central Railroad eighty years earlier. Once in Chicago, we will spend time visiting the Chicago History Museum, Bronzeville Neighborhood, the Museum of Science and Industry, two colleges (Art Institute of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago), and complete a community service project. Upon return, students will present their trip experiences for the rest of the school and public.

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