Great Migration of African Americans out of the region

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The Great Migration of African Americans out of the region was a massive, decades-long movement of Black Southerners to Northern, Midwestern, and Western cities in search of better economic opportunities and escape from Jim Crow segregation and racial violence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African-American history event
historical event
historical event
historical event
internal migration
non-fiction book
alsoKnownAs Great Migration
author Isabel Wilkerson
cause Jim Crow laws
World War I industrial expansion
World War II industrial expansion
boll weevil infestation in Southern cotton fields
economic inequality in the South
labor demand in Northern industries
lynching in the United States
racial segregation in the United States
racial violence in the American South
sharecropping system
destinationRegion Midwestern United States
Northern United States
Western United States
documentedIn The Warmth of Other Suns
effect Chicago Black Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
changes in American labor markets
development of Black political power in Northern cities
expansion of African-American middle class
growth of Black urban communities
increased racial tensions in Northern cities
race riots in Northern cities
redlining and residential segregation in the North
transformation of American music and culture
endTime 1940
1970
1970
hasPart First Great Migration
Second Great Migration
historicalContext Jim Crow era
linked to: Jim Crow laws

early Civil Rights Movement
post-Reconstruction era
mainParticipants African Americans
linked to: Black Americans
migrantsEstimated over 6 million African Americans
notableDestinationCity Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Los Angeles
New York City
Oakland
Philadelphia
notableOriginState Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
originRegion American South
Southern United States
startTime 1910
1910
1940

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American South (19th and early 20th centuries) experiencedEvent Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
Black Americans historicalExperience Great Migration
linked to: Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
Great Migration of African Americans alsoKnownAs Great Migration
linked to: Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
Great Migration of African Americans hasPart First Great Migration
linked to: Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
Great Migration of African Americans hasPart Second Great Migration
linked to: Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
Isabel Wilkerson writesAbout the Great Migration
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Harlem Renaissance influencedBy Great Migration
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Black Protestant churches hasHistoricalRootIn Great Migration
linked to: Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
Jazz (novel) settingEventContext Great Migration
subject linked to: Jazz
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The Warmth of Other Suns subject Great Migration
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Chicago Black Renaissance follows Great Migration
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Chicago Black Renaissance influencedBy Great Migration of African Americans from the South
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Chicago Race Riot of 1919 hasCause Great Migration
linked to: Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
Chicago Race Riot of 1919 hasContext Great Migration of African Americans from the South
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North Lawndale historicallyAssociatedWith Great Migration
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Woodlawn, Chicago historicallyAssociatedWith Great Migration
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African-American culture influencedBy Great Migration
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West Oakland historicalEvent Great Migration settlement of African Americans
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Mississippi River culture influencedBy Great Migration
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Harlem significantIn Great Migration
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African-American history includesPeriod Great Migration
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Ossian Sweet trial chronologicallyFollows Great Migration of African Americans to Northern cities
linked to: Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
George Swanson Starling migratedDuring Great Migration
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Robert Joseph Pershing Foster partOf Great Migration (United States)
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Southern United States politics influencedBy Great Migration
linked to: Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone mainSubject Great Migration
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Ida Mae Brandon Gladney movement Great Migration
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Red Summer hasCause Great Migration of African Americans
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Red Summer hasContext Great Migration era
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Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago historicallyAssociatedWith Great Migration
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The Race War in the North historicalContext Great Migration era
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Backwater Blues hasHistoricalContext Great Migration era
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Blues Highway linkedToMigration Great Migration of African Americans
linked to: Great Migration of African Americans out of the region