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Bookmark or Share- The Great Migration (African American) - America's Great MigrationsOver the course of the 20th century, more than seven million African Americans left homes in the South to resettle in northern and western states. Historians have long described this exodus as the Great Migration. These interactive maps and data tables provide detailed information about the movement of African Americans out of the South.
- The Long-Lasting Legacy of the Great Migration | SmithsonianWhen millions of African-Americans fled the South in search of a better life, they remade the nation in ways that are still being felt.
- The Great Migration (1910-1970) - National ArchivesThe Great Migration was one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states roughly from the 1910s until the 1970s.
- Great Migration: Definition, Causes & Impact - HISTORYThe Great Migration was the relocation of more than 6 million Black Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from about 1916 to 1970.
- Great Migration | Definition, History, Map, & Dates | BritannicaGreat Migration, in U.S. history, the movement of millions of African Americans from rural communities in the South to urban areas in Northern and Western states during the 20th century. In 1900 nearly eight million Black people—about 90 percent of all Black Americans—lived in the South.
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