African Americans went to Northern cities for better opportunities.
In the Great Migration, which took place in 1910-1930, millions of African Americans "migrated" to the Midwest, Northeast, and West of the United States from Southern states such as Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. A second movement -- New Great Migration -- has been occurring since 1965 and is essentially the reverse of the Great Migration, with African Americans moving to the "New South" where job growth exceeded that of the North and racism/discrimination has abated.
The Great Migration refers to the movement of African Americans from the South to the urban North, between 1916 and 1970.
In the early 20th century, many African-Americans moved from the South to cities in the North. This "Great Migration" helped stimulate a flowering of artistic talent by African-Americans in New York known as the Harlem Renaissance.
The large scale migration of African-Americans from the agricultural south to the industrial north during the twentieth century came to be known as the Great Migration. More than 6 million blacks moved out of the rural south to the Northeast, Midwest and West to compete for manufacturing and other jobs in northern cities. By the end of the Great migration in the 1960's, African-Americans had become an urbanized population. More than 80 percent lived in cities. It was one of the largest and most rapid migrations in history.
rural poverty.
African Americans went to Northern cities for better opportunities.
During the "Great Migration" millions of African Americans moved from the south to northern cities, one of which was New York, where they settled in Harlem. They transformed the entire culture and environment of Harlem, and the people of the Harlem Renaissance were the African Americans who moved to New York during the "Great Migration".
In the Great Migration, which took place in 1910-1930, millions of African Americans "migrated" to the Midwest, Northeast, and West of the United States from Southern states such as Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. A second movement -- New Great Migration -- has been occurring since 1965 and is essentially the reverse of the Great Migration, with African Americans moving to the "New South" where job growth exceeded that of the North and racism/discrimination has abated.
The Great Migration refers to the movement of African Americans from the South to the urban North, between 1916 and 1970.
high paying factory jobs
When African Americans moved from south to north the great migration.
In the early 20th century, many African-Americans moved from the South to cities in the North. This "Great Migration" helped stimulate a flowering of artistic talent by African-Americans in New York known as the Harlem Renaissance.
The large scale migration of African-Americans from the agricultural south to the industrial north during the twentieth century came to be known as the Great Migration. More than 6 million blacks moved out of the rural south to the Northeast, Midwest and West to compete for manufacturing and other jobs in northern cities. By the end of the Great migration in the 1960's, African-Americans had become an urbanized population. More than 80 percent lived in cities. It was one of the largest and most rapid migrations in history.
increases great migration
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved north to large cities due to increased oppression in the South, greater accessibility to education, and an increase in job opportunities following WWI. The most popular destination was New York's City's upper-Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, where the increase in the population of African Americans led to the Harlem Renaissance.
A. the Great Migration; African Americans