3: Jennifer Lemak: Southern Life, Northern City

A conversation with Dr. Jennifer Lemak, Chief Curator of History at the New York State Museum, about her book Southern Life, Northern City: The History of Albany's Rapp Road Community (Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press/Excelsior Editions, 2008). We discussed African-American life in Albany during the Great Migration, the unique history of migration to Albany from Mississippi, and the remarkable endurance of the Rapp Road community despite radical transformations to the surrounding area.

More information:

http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research-collections/history/social-history/jennifer-lemak-phd

https://www.sunypress.edu/p-4673-southern-life-northern-city.aspx