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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.
- Great Migration (African American) - WikipediaThe Great Migration, sometimes known as the Great Northward Migration or the Black Migration, was the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970. [1]
- Great Migration | Definition, History, Map, & Years | 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.
- The Great Migration: History, Causes and FactsBetween 1910 and 1970, around six million Black Americans moved from the Southern states to the Northern, Midwestern and Western parts of the country. According to experts, it’s one of the largest movements of people in the nation’s history. Why did so many people move?
- 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.
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