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In "Black Folk," the history of the Black working class is a family story

by Blair LM Kelley

Jun 14, 2023

Historian Blair LM Kelley traces that evolution through her own family roots.

According to historian Blair LM Kelley, as Black women moved to Northern cities during the Great Migration, many found domestic work that took them away from their families — but led to the creation of new communities. Above, a woman and child in Harlem, New York City, in 1946.

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