University of Houston Honors College
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Spring 2017 Honors College history students from both U.S. History and Houston History classes, as well as history students from Texas Southern University, created projects that explore the reasons for and the lasting legacies of the “great migrations” in America.
An opening of the Students' Great Migrations Exhibit
Was held April 26 from 4-6 p.m. in the Honors College Commons.
uh.edu/honors/about/news-events/migration/index
The Great Migration (1917-1970) of more than six million African Americans out of the South to other regions of the United States is one of the most important, courageous, and consequential movements in our nation’s history. In search of true freedom, equality, and opportunity, those brave migrants – fleeing systemic racism, abuse, oppression, enforced poverty, and terror – transformed American culture, society, demographics, and politics in a multitude of ways, both tangible and intangible.
Migrations_2017-IMG_4474
Spring 2017 Honors College history students from both U.S. History and Houston History classes, as well as history students from Texas Southern University, created projects that explore the reasons for and the lasting legacies of the “great migrations” in America.
An opening of the Students' Great Migrations Exhibit
Was held April 26 from 4-6 p.m. in the Honors College Commons.
uh.edu/honors/about/news-events/migration/index
The Great Migration (1917-1970) of more than six million African Americans out of the South to other regions of the United States is one of the most important, courageous, and consequential movements in our nation’s history. In search of true freedom, equality, and opportunity, those brave migrants – fleeing systemic racism, abuse, oppression, enforced poverty, and terror – transformed American culture, society, demographics, and politics in a multitude of ways, both tangible and intangible.