Chicago's migration story is written in the faces of families who came north from Mississippi, settled on the South and West Sides, and built lives that the history books rarely stopped to document.
On Things Eternal follows one family across generations through their great migration to making home in Chicago. The interior lives and the milestone moments, what they gained and what they lost. Everyday people who aren’t deemed important enough for archival institutions, but legendary all the same.
This is just one family's story. But if there's anything to know about the Black experience in Chicago, it's that this story is shared. You will recognize your people in these pages. The smiles, the gatherings, the porches, the dedication to survive into the future, the love. May it inspire your work to make sure you and your people survive into the future too.
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On Things
Eternal
Mississippi, Migration, and Memory-Keeping
by Raja'Nee Hamilton
Chicago's migration story is written in the faces of families who came north from Mississippi, settled on the South and West Sides, and built lives that the history books rarely stopped to document.
On Things Eternal follows one family across generations through their great migration to making home in Chicago. The interior lives and the milestone moments, what they gained and what they lost. Everyday people who aren't deemed important enough for archival institutions, but legendary all the same.
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Look Inside
A first look at what was kept.
In this city, there is possibility, and who a person becomes is not already decided by who the family has been.
From the chapter Making Home