“Harlem Timeline”
by Willie Birch
Explore the history of Harlem through this work of art in the New York City subway system.
“Hear the Lone Whistle Moan” / “copacetic”
by Alison Saar
View two pieces paying homage to the Harlem Renaissance.
“PARADE”
by Derek Fordjour
View an homage to historic parades through Harlem in this mosaic created in the New York City subway system.
“Flying Home: Harlem Heroes and Heroines”
by Faith Ringgold
View a fantastical homage to Harlem history through this work of art in the New York City subway.
“Great Waves of Immigration”
by Carmen Lizardo
Explore the history of Afro-Caribbean migration to the US through this mosaic, installed in the New York City subway system.
Grave Effects of the Great Migration
by Jonathan Lee, Duke University
Explore some of the health outcomes of the Great Migration.
Foreign-born Population from Africa by State, 2000
by Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography
Explore the further diversification of African American demographics through these maps.
Immigrants from the Caribbean Admitted to the US, 1989–2001
by Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography
Visualize the shift in the Caribbean American demographics at the end of the twentieth century.
The Freedmen’s Bureau and African American Families
by Justene Hill Edwards
Understand the roles the Freedmen’s Bureau played in supporting African American families and communities.
Immigrants from Selected African Countries, 1989–2002
by Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography
Visualize African emigration to the United States at the end of the twentieth century.
Largest African-American Migrations, by Metropolitan Area, 1975–2000
by Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography
Visualize demographic shifts in the African American population since the Great Migration.
African Americans in Urban and Rural Communities, 1890–1930
by Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography
Visualize data that shows the impact of the Great Migration.
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