A series of history class projects at Kenyon College spread over 6 years (1997-2000 and 2001-2004), this site displays what the students found out about the early 20th century migration of Southern black families from South Carolina, Mississippii and Alabama to the north and mid-west.
5 videos - Baiocchi discusses her family's roots in the American South--specifically, Kentucky and Tennessee. Her father and mother migrated north to Chicago in search of better vocational opportunities and fewer racist encounters. Seven siblings--four sisters and three brothers. Baiocchi tells stories of her grandparents' lives in the racist American South.