Hi!

My name is RaeGina Covington and I am a graduate student at the Unversity of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Currently I am working on a thesis documentary film about my family's participation in the Great Migration. Through limited oral history and census records, Ive concluded both sets of grandparents left the rural South (Ark. Delta, Miss and Ala) and relocated in Northern cities (East St. Louis, Ill and Cincinnati, Ohio) between 1910 and 1930.

I am looking for an expert for my film that could talk about African American life in the Delta or South in the general, why folks decided to leave the only land they knew and how they possibly traveled to the North. As well as discuss the unique challenges in conducting African American genealogy while trying to answer these questions.

Any advice or lead would most appreciated.

Thank you,
RaeGina