African American Migration In The Twentieth Century

The African American migration North in the twentieth century is now known as “The Great Migration” (Graves).

•African Americans migrated North in search of better jobs and to escape discrimination and prejudice (Graves).

•The industrial boom in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries created a high demand for labor. However, Irish and other European immigrants filled the majority of this demand (African American Population).

•Historians believe if factories didn’t use as much immigration labor, they would have relied more on African American labor sources, therefore increasing the African American migration North (African American Population).

•In 1910, nine out of ten blacks still lived in the South (African American