The Northbound Train: A Story of the Great Migration (A Picture Book)

A unique perspective on the Great Migration, when more than six million Black American families left the South to escape Jim Crow laws and racial violence

Clickety-clack! Don’t look back!

Jane and her parents sit in the segregated train car, traveling from Birmingham, Alabama, to Chicago, Illinois, where her father has found a new job. At the start of the journey, they are forced to sit at the back while white passengers ride at the front.

But when the train crosses the Mason-Dixon line, the c...