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In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience

From February 5, 2005 through May 23, 2005
Exhibition Hall
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801 (directions)

See related Online Exhibition.

Stephanie S. Hughley (photo by Keith Hadley)
College-educated men and women now form the majority of the southern-bound migrants: 26.3 percent have some college education and 23.9 percent are college graduates.

By boat, on foot, by train, car, and plane, Africans and their descendants have crossed oceans and land, sailed up and down rivers, and put down roots and pulled them up again. Like Maya Angelou, Harry Belafonte, Wyclef Jean, Barack Obama, Edwidge Danticat, Ossie Davis, Colin Powell, 35 million African Americans are heirs to migrations that have shaped this country and the African Diaspora. With images, manuscripts, photographs, maps, and music, In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience tells the story of a people whose movements over the last 500 years, both coerced and willing, inspired a culture and shaped a nation. For public program information and exhibit hours, visit www.schomburgcenter.org.
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience was made possible by a grant from the congressional Black Caucus administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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