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Sweet Home Chicago

In the autumn of 1944, the mechanical cotton picker ended the South's need for people to pick cotton by hand. At the same time, Chicago's munitions factories were desperate for labor. So the great migration North to Chicago moved into full swing.

Other Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd., Infobase,
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [1996]
Distributed by Infobase,
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (49 min., 49 sec.)) : sound, color.
Series: Promised Land (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Migrations.
Rural-urban migration -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Internet videos.
Summary: In the autumn of 1944, the mechanical cotton picker ended the South's need for people to pick cotton by hand. At the same time, Chicago's munitions factories were desperate for labor. So the great migration North to Chicago moved into full swing.
Item Description: Originally released by BBC Worldwide Ltd, 1996.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 16, 2016.
The Great Migration (2:10) -- Dream Bigger (2:25) -- Leaving For Chicago (2:32) -- Stories from Up North (2:20) -- A Fast City (2:27) -- Spiritual Vehicle (3:09) -- The Pullman Porter (2:21) -- "Chicago Defender" (2:44) -- Mechanization (3:06) -- Job Scarcity (2:29) -- Understanding Clause (2:06) -- Mississippi's Exodus (2:02) -- Traveling as a Hobo (2:45) -- Traveling by Bus (2:15) -- Starting a New Life (2:19) -- Passing Over the Mason Dixon Line (2:30) -- Arriving in Chicago (2:47) -- City of Lights (3:23) -- First Day in Chicago (2:03) -- Credits: Sweet Home Chicago: The Promised Land (1:16)
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In the autumn of 1944, the mechanical cotton picker ended the South's need for people to pick cotton by hand. At the same time, Chicago's munitions factories were desperate for labor. So the great migration North to Chicago moved into full swing.
9 & up.
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Closed-captioned.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (49 min., 49 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format: Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience: 9 & up.
Access: Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.

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