You will  form your own research questions based on your Internet research.  Then you will use the raw data gathered from the Historical On-Line Census Browser on the University of Virginia Library site to create a variety of projects.
 

    Before you begin, you need an understanding of migrations of African Americans and the on-line census browser you will be using to research this immigration.  That background may come from a classroom lecture, family history, and from reading the links below.  Follow these links for the background information needed to form questions about African America Migrations.
 

     Now that you have a a background on the data base and African American migrations, you are ready to  form a research question  and gather data to test it on the  Historical On-Line Census Browser on the University of Virginia Library .
 

What  Data on African American immigrations  Is Available On The Federal Census?

How Do I Form A Research Question?

How Do I Write The Research Paper

 

     The danger of using numbers to answer a research Question is that they cannot define a people, and can actually distort our view of them.  The research above should be regarded only as starting points for greater studies of African American individuals.    The spin-off projects below offer you an opportunity to identify and honor these people  as you focus on individuals.  You may also want to write about people in your family whose travels made changes in their lives.