They wanted more economic opportunity in the larger northern and midwestern cities.
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High demand for workers.
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.
to help African Americans in the North get settled and find work
from the south to the north
In theory, African Americans were freed at the end of the American Civil, won by the North. But, unfortunately, racial prejudice still exists today.