This is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration, a children’s book by Jacqueline Woodson, chronicles the years of the Great Migration when black families moved north seeking new opportunities. James E. Ransome’s bold oil painting illustrations capture the tug of war families found themselves in as they strove to retain family customs and traditions while grabbing on to all the possibility that their future in a new place held.

Discover more…
Jacqueline Woodson – http://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/
James E. Ransome – http://jamesransome.com/
The Great Migration – http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129827444

#blackbrilliance #blackhistoryismore #blackhistorymonth