A movement in every direction : legacies of the Great Migration Cover Image

A movement in every direction : legacies of the Great Migration / edited by Jessica Bell Brown, Ryan N. Dennis.

Brown, Jessica Bell, (editor.). Dennis, Ryan N., (editor.). Baltimore Museum of Art, (organizer,, host institution,, host institution.). Brooklyn Museum, (host institution,, host institution.). California African-American Museum, (host institution,, host institution.). Mississippi Museum of Art, (organizer,, host institution,, host institution.).

Summary:

"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, Zo͡ 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." -- description from publisher's website (Yale University Press).

Record details

ISBN: 0300265735
ISBN: 9780300265736
Physical Description: 151 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, map ; 28 cm
Publisher: Baltimore, MD : Baltimore Museum of Art ; [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:	Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title, presented at the Mississippi Museum of Art, April 9-September 11, 2022; the Baltimore Museum of Art, October 30, 2022-January 29, 2023; the Brooklyn Museum, March 3-June 25, 2023; and the California African American Museum, August 5, 2023-March 3, 2024.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Destinations, returns, and legacy: expanding portals for new movement / Jessica Bell Brown and Ryan N. Dennis -- Repair, renew, revise, revise, revise / Kiese Laymon -- Here now: reckoning with movement, memory, and survival / Jessica Lynne -- Skirmish line / Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts -- South is a place to stay / Willie Jamaal Wright -- Artists, with texts by Amarie Gipson and Cynthia Hodge-Thorne: Akea Brionne -- Mark Bradford -- Zoë Charlton -- Larry W. Cook -- Torkwase Dyson -- Theaster Gates Jr. -- Allison Janae Hamilton -- Leslie Hewitt -- Steffani Jemison -- Robert Pruitt -- Jamea Richmond-Edwards -- Carrie Mae Weems.