Place students into pairs to compare two primary sources documenting the experiences of European immigrants and Black migrants as they moved from old to new hoping for a better life. 

Students should work together to complete a comparison T chart. With the full class, lead a discussion of the following questions:

  • How were the experiences of White immigrants and Black migrants similar? How were they different?
  • How did the Great Migration change the way that structural racism manifested in the United States?