1.3 million African-Americans out of the Southern United States to the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1930.
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Large numbers of African-American families left the South after 1865 for several reasons. The first is that, being emancipated from unjust bondage, many newly free citizens sought to break ties with the communities in which they had been enslaved. The second is that a number of Northern states and North/South border counties offered opportunities for African-Americans to settle in as-yet unpopulated areas. Above all, African-Americans were now exercising their freedom as citizens of the United States.
During the "Great Migration" millions of African Americans moved from the south to northern cities, one of which was New York, where they settled in Harlem. They transformed the entire culture and environment of Harlem, and the people of the Harlem Renaissance were the African Americans who moved to New York during the "Great Migration".
Great Rift Valley.
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There was a lot of segregation in the South and many blacks were treated unfairly.