Many African Americans were looking for job opportunities. These northern cities offered refuge and a better life.
For cooler climates.
For job opportunities.
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African Americans went to Northern cities for better opportunities.
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.
southern region of canada into the northern region of minnesota.
In the early 1900s, African Americans were drawn from southern cities to northern cities primarily due to the promise of better economic opportunities and the hope for improved living conditions. The Great Migration was fueled by the demand for labor in northern industries, as well as a desire to escape the oppressive Jim Crow laws and racial violence prevalent in the South. Additionally, the prospect of more equitable treatment and the chance to build communities free from systemic discrimination further motivated this migration.
The norther migration or great migration involved the exodus of African Americans from the southern United States to northern cities.
A great migration of southern African-Americans to northern cities
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African Americans went to Northern cities for better opportunities.
There were many fewer of them.
No, Iowa is a Northern State.
No, Nebraska is located in the northern hemisphere. It is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
A. the Great Migration; African Americans
Most of them moved to the northern states because they were looking for better jobs to support their family.
If the Great Migration didn't happen, African Americans would likely have remained more concentrated in the Southern United States. This could have resulted in slower progress towards civil rights and economic opportunities that many African Americans found in the North and West during the Great Migration. Additionally, cultural exchange and diversity in northern cities would have been impacted.
Many Southern blacks moved to Northern industrial cities.