Introduction and Editor’s Note

This is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
Written by Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrated by James Ransome

The Four Immigrants Manga: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924
Written by Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama

The Secret Side of Empty
Written by Mari­a E. Andreu

All for the Better: A Story of El Barrio
Written by Nicholasa Mohr

Going Home
Written by Eve Bunting
Illustrated by David Diaz

A Photograph as a Memento
Written by Maria Martirosova

Contributors:
Olga Bukhina, International Association for the Humanities, New York, NY
Deborah Dimmett, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Julia Karpicz, New York University, New York, NY
Leslie McClain, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI.
Oluyomi Ogunnaike-Lafe, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI.
Laura Pantín, Teachers College Columbia University, New York City, NY
Junko Sakoi, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Guest Editors:
Carmen M. Martínez-Roldán, Teachers College, Columbia University
Marilisa Jiménez-García, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College

Production Editor:
Richard Clift