They migrated to these places to escape racial violence, economic hardship, and political oppression.
find a job no segregation
I'll say midwesthas more cites than Northeast.
The large scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern blacks to the cities of the North
The Great Migration was the movement of 2 million blacks out of the Southern United States to the Northeast, Midwest and West from 1910 to 1930.[1] African Americans migrated to escape racism and prejudice in the South, as well as to seek jobs in industrial cities.
Immigrants settled mainly in cities and the Northeast and Midwest.
there were many cites but, there was 20 states affected from the Midwest to northeast.
The rise of the Sunbelt or Increased military presence in the Northeast and Midwest Fewer job opportunities in the northeast and midwest
America's major cities were manufacturing and transportation centers clustered in the Northeast, on the Pacific Coast, and along the waterways of the Midwest. Connected by the new rail road lines, cities became magnets for immigrants and rural Americans.
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.
some major cities that change in the 1950s were the African-Americans, Lations, and the Native Americans.
More than half of all African Americans now live in central cities.
they did not welcome them