New Immigration and the Great Migration

About the lecture

In this module, we examine the two movements of peoples into and within the United States, these movements have been termed: (i) the New Immigration; and (ii) the Great Migration. The focus of this module will be on the reasons for these movements. These reasons were made up of both push and pull factors, which included factors such as the devastation of World War I, religious persecution, employment opportunities and racial discrimination.

About the lecturer

Susan Curtis in Emeritus Professor of History and American Studies at Purdue University. She specialises in the History of American culture, religion, and race relations; and is the author of four books - A Consuming Faith:  The Social Gospel and Modern American Culture (1991): Dancing to a Black Man's Tune:  A Life of Scott Joplin (1994); The First Black Actors on the Great White Way (1998); and Colored Memories:  A Biographer's Quest for the Elusive Lester A. Walton (2008).