Great Migration of African Americans out of the region

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African-American history event historical event internal migration non-fiction book

The Great Migration of African Americans out of the region was a massive, decades-long movement of Black Southerners to Northern, Midwestern, and Western cities in search of better economic opportunities and escape from Jim Crow segregation and racial violence.

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Great Migration of African Americans 0
Great Migration 14
First Great Migration 1

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instanceOf African-American history event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
internal migration ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Migration of African Americans out of the region ⓘ
surface form: Great Migration
author Isabel Wilkerson ⓘ
cause Jim Crow laws ⓘ
World War I industrial expansion ⓘ
World War II economic mobilization ⓘ
surface form: World War II industrial expansion

boll weevil infestation in Southern cotton fields ⓘ
economic inequality in the South ⓘ
labor demand in Northern industries ⓘ
lynching in the United States ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
racial violence in the American South ⓘ
sharecropping system ⓘ
destinationRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northern United States ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form: Western United States
documentedIn The Warmth of Other Suns ⓘ
effect Chicago Black Renaissance ⓘ
Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
changes in American labor markets ⓘ
development of Black political power in Northern cities ⓘ
expansion of African-American middle class ⓘ
growth of Black urban communities ⓘ
increased racial tensions in Northern cities ⓘ
race riots in Northern cities ⓘ
redlining and residential segregation in the North ⓘ
transformation of American music and culture ⓘ
endTime 1940 ⓘ
1970 ⓘ
1970 ⓘ
hasPart Great Migration of African Americans out of the region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Great Migration

Great Migration of African Americans out of the region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Second Great Migration
historicalContext Jim Crow laws ⓘ
surface form: Jim Crow era

early Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
post-Reconstruction era ⓘ
mainParticipants Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans
migrantsEstimated over 6 million African Americans ⓘ
notableDestinationCity Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Cleveland ⓘ
Detroit ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Oakland ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
notableOriginState Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
originRegion Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South

Southern United States ⓘ
startTime 1910 ⓘ
1910 ⓘ
1940 ⓘ

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subject surface form: Great Migration of African Americans
this entity surface form: Great Migration
American South (19th and early 20th centuries) → experiencedEvent → Great Migration of African Americans out of the region ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Great Migration
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this entity surface form: Great Migration
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this entity surface form: Great Migration of African Americans from the South
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this entity surface form: Great Migration
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this entity surface form: Great Migration
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this entity surface form: Great Migration
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this entity surface form: Great Migration
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this entity surface form: Great Migration
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this entity surface form: Great Migration
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this entity surface form: the Great Migration