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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Generate an image of the Great Migration of African Americans out of the region (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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