"Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison.

Post World War I, many new opportunities were given to the growing and expanding group of African Americans living in the North. Almost 500,000 African Americans moved to the northern states between 1910 and 1920. This was the beginning of a continuing migration northward. More than 1,500,000 blacks went north in the 1930's and 2,500,000 in the 1940's. Life in the North was very hard for African Americans. Race riots, limited housing resulting in slum housing, and restricted job opportunities …

…culture. She found what she was looking for and was able to convince herself that she was happy, but she did not really have a place where she truly fit in. The Breedlove family is a black family living in the 1940s. They have to deal with the same problems, situations, and dilemmas as do the rest of the rising Black community in the north. The Bluest Eye tells their story and offers their experiences.