The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield is an interesting read about a family moving North during a hard time for African Americans. During the Great Migration in the south, African Americans were forced to be segregated from white people even though they were free people. Many African Americans felt the need to get out of the south and move to North to live a real free life. This book is loosely based on Eloise Greenfield's life because it is about a family moving from North Carolina to Washington, DC, which is exactly what her family did. This book gave different perspectives about the move from different characters points of view. I loved this because it helped to show what each member of the family was thinking as they were moving to a new place.
This book is a great book to explain what happened during segregation in the South. It helps give the reader a perspective of what it would have been like to grow up during this time or even be an adult. This book could be used in any classroom that is learning about this time period. It could also be used at home to explain to children why everyone needs to be treated equally but also to teach children about American's rough past. The pictures in this book help to tell the story and they are beautifully done. There is a lot behind some of the pictures but to see it the reader will need to look very closely. This book might best be used for older elementary school children who understand slavery and what it was like to be a minority during this time.
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