Field to Factory - Voices of the Great Migration: Recalling the African American Migration to the Northern Cities
(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1994), 1 hour 3 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Description
- An audio documentary about the African-Americans who migrated from the rural South to the urban North between 1915 and 1951. These Americans reminisce and tell their own stories. Produced by David Tarnow for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History and narrated by the museum's director, Spencer Crew. Includes an 18-page illustrated booklet. 64 minutes. "Divides neatly between the horrors of Southern life and the mixed blessings of northern cities" New York Newsday
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 1 hour 3 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Documentary, American History, Narratives
- Label
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Release Date
- 1994
- Subject
- World Music, American Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, United States and Canada, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá