'A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration,' an exhibit honoring the historic movement of over 6 million African-Americans to the North, features the work of 12 acclaimed Black artists with ties to Mississippi. View the gallery:
by Vickie King, Mississippi TodayPhotos: Mississippi Museum of Art opens homage exhibit to ‘The Great Migration’ by Vickie King, Mississippi Today April 15, 2022 More than 6 million African Americans in the South migrated north seeking better opportunities and a better way of life between 1916-1970. Those millions populated cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. That exodus was called"The Great Migration.
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