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The movement northward of African Americans between 1915 and 1930 was called the Great Migration. The need for labor, the education opportunities, and safety called to the southern blacks to move up north.
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African Americans out and improving racial relations have all acted to attract African Americans.
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.
Following the American Civil War many Americans of African descent migrated from the south northward towards large cities such as Philadelphia and Chicago.
African Americans went to Northern cities for better opportunities.
The movement northward of African Americans between 1915 and 1930 was called the Great Migration. The need for labor, the education opportunities, and safety called to the southern blacks to move up north.
The northward migration of poor southern African Americans helped populate Harlem. These people came to look for jobs and opportunity.
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African Americans out and improving racial relations have all acted to attract African Americans.
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The norther migration or great migration involved the exodus of African Americans from the southern United States to northern cities.
When African Americans traveled from the south to the north
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African Americans left the south. Most African-Americans had remained in the south following emancipation. However, Jim Crow racism, made life difficult for them. As a result the Great Migration to the Northern cities occurred.
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.