African Americans who migrated north and west during the Great Migration sought better economic opportunities, escaping the oppressive Jim Crow laws of the South. They found jobs in industries and urban centers, leading to improved living standards for many. However, they still faced significant challenges, including racial discrimination, segregation, and limited access to housing and education in their new communities. Despite these obstacles, migration allowed for the establishment of vibrant cultural and social networks that laid the foundation for future civil rights movements.
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.
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The Red Summer occurred due to competition for jobs between whites and African Americans after World War I. It was a violent reaction to the Northern migration of African Americans from the South.
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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.
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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.
The migration of African Americans to the North during and following World War I was mainly a result of the availability of new factory jobs
the African Americans worked hard because they where slaves...