(The Negro in Chicago, 1779-1929, Washington Intercollegiate Club of Chicago, Inc.,1929.)

Bronzeville, Engine of Progress

Bronzeville Map, 1948

Each person in your group needs a copy of this page.

The African Americans who lived in the south had to decide whether to move north, or to stay in the south.  In the first column of the table is a list of situations that  these African Americans had to consider.  The other columns have titles that indicate whether the situation would be more important in the north,  the south, or would be about the same in both areas.

1.  Read the list of situations.
2.  After you read the list, go to the page links listed below.
3.  As you read the pages, place a check after each situation one of the three columns.
4.  After you have read the page, answer the questions below the table.

Discuss these with your group and answer each one.

1.  Pretend that you are an African American living with your family in the south.  What reasons or information that you listed in the table might make you want to move to the north.
 
 

2.  Not all African Americans moved north.  What reasons might they have had for not moving? (These reasons may not have been listed in your table.)