Note 1: Note 1 serves as an opening to what the author is about to say. Note 1 is also there to say that the author is not the only one who thinks of the idea of “robbing a people of its language” but someone else as well also agrees with it.

Note 6: Note 6 helps the author to expand on the topic of language spoken and learned, and by adding note 6 at the end of the sentence, it shows that language is also a part of a culture’s identity.

Note 8: This note is an example provided by the author. The author used this note to explain that it was published in 1967 and that it was written and published in the author’s home language.

Note 11: The author provided note 11 to assist the readers by telling them additional outside info such as the definition of the word Hispanic and its origin or reason for the Spanish to be called Hispanic.

Research Questions:

1. What are the factors that influenced Jacob Lawrence in the creation of The Migration Series?
2. What other cultures also had a great migration other than African Americans?
3. Is there a pattern in the years of great migration?
4. What was the cost of food during the years of great migration? What was the economy like?
5. What were the main causes of the great migration to the north?