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BGSU 1910 Toledo's Great Migration: Internet

This guide contains links to library and Internet resources that may be useful in researching Toledo's Great Migration.

Local and Regional History Sites

African American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920
Black in Toledo
Images in Time
Photographs of Toledo and northwest Ohio
JourneyToledo
Ohio History Central
Ohio Memory

Other Useful Internet Sites

American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-2940
2,900 documents, compiled and transcribed by more than 300 writers from 24 states
Chicago and the Great Migration, 1915–1950
Children in Urban America (1850-2000)
Community Within: African Americans in Knox County, Ohio
Migration of Negroes Into Northern Cities 1917
Negro Migration During the War (Google Books)