A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration

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Contemporary artists and writers reflect on the Great Migration and the ways that it continues to inform the Black experience in America

The Great Migration (1915-70) saw more than six million African Americans leave the South for destinations across the United States. This incredible dispersal of people across the country transformed nearly every aspect of Black life and culture. Offering a new perspective on this historical phenomenon, this incisive volume presents immersive photography of newly commissioned works of art by Akea, Mark Bradford, Zoë Charlton, Larry W. Cook, Torkwase Dyson, Theaster Gates Jr., Allison Janae Hamilton, Leslie Hewitt, Steffani Jemison, Robert Pruitt, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, and Carrie Mae Weems. The artists investigate their connections to the Deep South through familial stories of perseverance, self-determination, and self-reliance and consider how this history informs their working practices. Essays by Kiese Laymon, Jessica Lynne, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, and Willie Jamaal Wright explore how the Great Migration continues to reverberate today in the public and private spheres and examine migration as both a historical and a political consequence, as well as a possibility for reclaiming agency.

Published in association with the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Mississippi Museum of Art.


Exhibition Schedule:

Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson
(April 9-September 11, 2022)

Baltimore Museum of Art
(October 30, 2022-January 29, 2023)

Brooklyn Museum
(March 3-June 25, 2023)

California African American Museum, Los Angeles
(August 5, 2023-March 3, 2024)

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Jessica Bell Brown, Ryan N. Dennis (Editor), Kiese Laymon (Contribution by)
Published: 10/25/2022
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300265736
Pages: 152
Weight: 1.84lbs
Size: 10.75h x 8.15w x 0.68d

10.75" L x 8.15" W x 0.68" H

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  • Contemporary artists and writers reflect on the Great Migration and the ways that it continues to inform the Black experience in America

    The Great Migration (1915-70) saw more than six million African Americans leave the South for destinations across the United States. This incredible dispersal of people across the country transformed nearly every aspect of Black life and culture. Offering a new perspective on this historical phenomenon, this incisive volume presents immersive photography of newly commissioned works of art by Akea, Mark Bradford, Zoë Charlton, Larry W. Cook, Torkwase Dyson, Theaster Gates Jr., Allison Janae Hamilton, Leslie Hewitt, Steffani Jemison, Robert Pruitt, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, and Carrie Mae Weems. The artists investigate their connections to the Deep South through familial stories of perseverance, self-determination, and self-reliance and consider how this history informs their working practices. Essays by Kiese Laymon, Jessica Lynne, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, and Willie Jamaal Wright explore how the Great Migration continues to reverberate today in the public and private spheres and examine migration as both a historical and a political consequence, as well as a possibility for reclaiming agency.

    Published in association with the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Mississippi Museum of Art.


    Exhibition Schedule:

    Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson
    (April 9-September 11, 2022)

    Baltimore Museum of Art
    (October 30, 2022-January 29, 2023)

    Brooklyn Museum
    (March 3-June 25, 2023)

    California African American Museum, Los Angeles
    (August 5, 2023-March 3, 2024)

    Binding Type: Hardcover
    Author: Jessica Bell Brown, Ryan N. Dennis (Editor), Kiese Laymon (Contribution by)
    Published: 10/25/2022
    Publisher: Yale University Press
    ISBN: 9780300265736
    Pages: 152
    Weight: 1.84lbs
    Size: 10.75h x 8.15w x 0.68d

  • 10.75" L x 8.15" W x 0.68" H

  • This item ships parcel via UPS, FedEx, or DHL, and a signature is required for packages valued over $200. Large quantities, however, may ship using one of our trusted freight carriers, for which a delivery appointment will need to be scheduled.

    Please contact help@trnk-nyc.com with any additional questions regarding shipping or delivery.

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