How did changes in transportation and communication influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the spread of ideas and culture?

Great Migration Video

Part I. The Great Migration

Chicago Defender articles

Cengage collection of letters to the Defender

1921 Railroad Map

Travel Distance Table

Part II. Chicago's "Black Belt"

Community Settlement Map 1900

Census Tracts of Chicago 1910

Census Tracts of Chicago 1920

Social Base Map of Chicago 1926

Census Tracts of Chicago 1934

Census Tracts of Chicago 1940

Slaughtering Industry Earnings by Race

Part III. The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Chicago Commission on Race Relations excerpt: Narrative of the Riot

Chicago Commission on Race Relations full report

Chicago Riot Map

Riot Area Extending Over the Black Belt Map

Additional Resources

Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration

African American Newspapers in Chronicling America

Chicago and the Great Migration (Newberry Library)

Social Scientists Map Chicago (University of Chicago)

It's a Long Way from Home (Great Migration, CHM)

A Bronzeville Story (Great Migration, CHM)

Great Chicago Stories: “It’s a Long Way from Home”

Great Chicago Stories: “A Bronzeville Story”