At the start of the 20th century, African-Americans faced extreme hardships in the south. Life for the average African-American was an everyday struggle, as it involved many challenges even well after the ending of slavery. After the abolishment of slavery, many African-Americans remained in the South. The migration movement in was mainly to find better educational opportunities for their children and better employment opportunities for themselves. African-Americans moved out of the southern states to escape the miserable conditions that included low wages, racism and poor education, to seek a better life in the North. African-Americans moved from the South to the industrial North mainly to escape extreme and overwhelming social conditions that were beyond their control which subsequently forced many African-Americans from the South.
The Great Migration was a forceful push for the African-American community throughout the early 1900 's. It was imperative for many …show more content…
As seen in the book, ”The Great Migration In Historical Perspective” By William Trotter, Trotter elaborates on the desperation most African-Americans felt during this time. Their only way to reach survive and hope that their life will change for the better in North. On page 7 of his book, Trotter exclaims, citing Emmett Scott, “Perhaps Emmett Scott’s study offers the most extreme viewpoint "In the first communities visited by the representatives of Northern capitals, their offers created an unprecedented commotion. Drivers and teamsters left their wagons standing in the streets. Workers returning home, scrambled aboard the trains for the North without notifying their employers or family". (Trotter, 7) Despite conditions, they would be able to obtain better jobs and to attain freedom from the oppressive environment of the South
The Great Migration was a forceful push for the African-American community throughout the early 1900 's. It was imperative for many …show more content…
As seen in the book, ”The Great Migration In Historical Perspective” By William Trotter, Trotter elaborates on the desperation most African-Americans felt during this time. Their only way to reach survive and hope that their life will change for the better in North. On page 7 of his book, Trotter exclaims, citing Emmett Scott, “Perhaps Emmett Scott’s study offers the most extreme viewpoint "In the first communities visited by the representatives of Northern capitals, their offers created an unprecedented commotion. Drivers and teamsters left their wagons standing in the streets. Workers returning home, scrambled aboard the trains for the North without notifying their employers or family". (Trotter, 7) Despite conditions, they would be able to obtain better jobs and to attain freedom from the oppressive environment of the South