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    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…

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    Great Migration Report

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    During the 1900s, migration played a substantial role in organizing Black communities around the United States. Migration allowed Blacks to demonstrate their discontent with the conditions they were living in beforehand. It also allowed Blacks to indicate what they needed when they settled down in a city that could provide for them. Both primary migration and secondary migration played a part in the creation and organization of Black communities within cities. The organization of Black…

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    Great Migration Causes

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    The Great Migration was the movement of many African American citizens of the United States to seek better lives. The migration of blacks was caused by many natural and manmade crises. The Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, living conditions for blacks, and racism in the south were key influences in causing the Great Migration. This movement of blacks lasted a large part of the twentieth century with only a portion of occurring from 1910-1930, but still yielding over one million blacks moving…

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    As stated by Jay Parini, "We [the United States] are a nation of immigrants, a quilt of many colors" (BrainyQuote). America is the culmination of peoples and cultures from all across the world. As a seamstress adds and moves pieces while making the American quilt, each change brings different challenges and excitement to the beautiful work. One such dynamic alteration to the fabric of America was the Great Migration, in which millions of African Americans moved north, driven by opportunity.…

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    Mass Migration During The Great Depression During the great depression people migrated to find jobs, food, or because their bank closed. The great depression started in 1929, Montana got lucky, mostly avoiding the dust bowl which meant most people stayed. In the East of Montana most people moved out, but in the west more people moved in. The great depression was the biggest, longest, and worst economic crash of the united states.The stock market crash started the great depression. During the…

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    The 20th century was packed with major events in America’s history. Nearly every decade had a defying event, from the Great Depression to both World Wars. However, while all of that was occurring, there was another event happening at the same time for much of the century. The Great Migration refers to the relocation of African Americans from the rural South to the urban areas in the North. City populations in Chicago and New York, for example, expanded greatly because of this influx. Migrants…

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    The Great Migration

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    advocacy figure in the NAACP said this after returning to the United States after the fifth Pan-African Congress conference. The Great Migration which occurred from roughly 1900-1970’s was a very important time in American history. Although in principle African Americans had the “same” rights as everyone else, many of us know this wasn’t the case during this time. Throughout the great migration up…

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    The Great Migration Essay

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    The Great Migration would start after the Civil War and African Americans began to migrate to the urban North. “People moved for many reasons. Often they were both pushed from their rural homes and pulled toward urban areas” (pg. 363). Labor shortages in the south also resulted in migration to the north, as did black newpapers encouraging southerners to move north. “One innanmed black man wrote in the Defender that sensible men would leave the poverty, injustice, and violence of the South for…

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    The Great Migration The great migration was when african americans were free from slavery. It started in the late 1800’s and lasted until the 1970’s. It started in the south and moved on to the coasts and the north. The cause of The Great migration was the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation releasing all of the African Americans from slavery. What is the Great migration? The Great Migration was when African americans moved from the south to urban areas such as Chicago, Illinois,…

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    They soon had to move around and build a new living place in the public. First, The Great Migration is the movement of six million African-Americans from the South to the North. This migration occurred after the Civil War. This migration occurred because they were driven from their homes by unsatisfactory economic opportunities and harsh segregationist laws. The people were forced to live with poor working conditions, they had to compete for living space. They also had to face widespread racism…

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