Sweet Home Chicago / BBC Worldwide Ltd.

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In the autumn of 1944, the mechanical cotton picker ended the South's need for people to pick cotton by hand. At the same time, Chicago's munitions factories were desperate for labor. So the great migration North to Chicago moved into full swing.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	BBC Worldwide Ltd Infobase (Film distributor)
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [1996]
Series:	Films on Demand. Promised Land (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:	African Americans > Migrations > History > 20th century. African Americans > Migrations. Rural-urban migration > United States > History > 20th century. Internet videos.
Genre:	Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (49 min., 49 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format:	Electronic Video

Contents:

The Great Migration (2:10)
Dream Bigger (2:25)
Leaving For Chicago (2:32)
Stories from Up North (2:20)
A Fast City (2:27)
Spiritual Vehicle (3:09)
The Pullman Porter (2:21)
"Chicago Defender" (2:44)
Mechanization (3:06)
Job Scarcity (2:29)
Understanding Clause (2:06)
Mississippi's Exodus (2:02)
Traveling as a Hobo (2:45)
Traveling by Bus (2:15)
Starting a New Life (2:19)
Passing Over the Mason Dixon Line (2:30)
Arriving in Chicago (2:47)
City of Lights (3:23)
First Day in Chicago (2:03)
Credits: Sweet Home Chicago: The Promised Land (1:16)