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Bookmark or Share- The Great Migration: History, Causes and FactsThe Great Migration refers to the period of 1910-1970 when around six million Black Americans moved from the South to the North, Midwest, and West. This movement was a response to the racial violence, discrimination and limited opportunities of the American South, and while the other parts of the country offered the hope of safety and better ...
- Great Migration | Definition, History, & Facts | BritannicaGreat Migration, in U.S. history, the widespread migration of African Americans in the 20th century from rural communities in the South to large cities in the North and West. It is estimated that from 1916 to 1970 some six million black Southerners relocated as part of the Great Migration.
- What was the Great Migration? | BritannicaThe Great Migration was the movement of some six million African Americans from rural areas of the Southern states of the United States to urban areas in the Northern states between 1916 and 1970. It occurred in two waves, basically before and after the Great Depression.
- The Great Migration (1915-1960) - BlackpastThe Great Migration was the mass movement of about five million southern blacks to the north and west between 1915 and 1960. During the initial wave the majority of migrants moved to major northern cities such as Chicago, Illiniois, Detroit, Michigan, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and New York, New York. By World War II the migrants continued to ...
- The Long-Lasting Legacy of the Great MigrationHISTORY. The Long-Lasting Legacy of the Great Migration. When millions of African-Americans fled the South in search of a better life, they remade the nation in ways that are still being felt....
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