What Is The Impact Of The Great Migration On African Americans
The Great Migration
The Great Migration was a massive movement of African Americans from the South to the North from 1863 to 1960. The largest spike in this migration occurred from about 1910 to 1920. This has changed America forever.
This extreme event in History’s time, was a relocation of 6-7 million African Americans, from the rural south to the North, Midwest, and West from 1916-1930.These African Americans were taken from their home by horrible economic opportunities, When the blacks got to the North, Midwest, and west, they took a big advantage to get the job as an industrial worker. 1910-1930, The African American population fell dirasticly in the South, and Spiked up in the Northern and Western area, around 40 percent. This event had a big impact on the United States, the culture, politics, and The Economy. Peoples culture changed by the food they ate, the music they listened too, the type of clothes they wore. After the migration to the North the African Americans had struggled to thrive for the Best in their new enviroment, because of the segregation laws. These laws caused the African American, to …show more content…
As time needed to freeze, the African Americans population growth had escilated in the North, West, and the Midwest. As a number of sttes experienced decades of the African American population declining. Across the deep south known as the “black belt” where, cotton had been the king identifier. 1920, however the large percentage of the African American population, was mainly in Chicago, Detroit, New, york, Cleveland, Cinicinnati, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and any big cities in the United States. By the 1910s, African Americans was more than half of the population in South Carolina, and Mississippi. More that 40 percent was in Georgia, Alabama, and louisianna. By the 1970, Mississippi was the State that had a Representation that was above 30
The Great Migration was a massive movement of African Americans from the South to the North from 1863 to 1960. The largest spike in this migration occurred from about 1910 to 1920. This has changed America forever.
This extreme event in History’s time, was a relocation of 6-7 million African Americans, from the rural south to the North, Midwest, and West from 1916-1930.These African Americans were taken from their home by horrible economic opportunities, When the blacks got to the North, Midwest, and west, they took a big advantage to get the job as an industrial worker. 1910-1930, The African American population fell dirasticly in the South, and Spiked up in the Northern and Western area, around 40 percent. This event had a big impact on the United States, the culture, politics, and The Economy. Peoples culture changed by the food they ate, the music they listened too, the type of clothes they wore. After the migration to the North the African Americans had struggled to thrive for the Best in their new enviroment, because of the segregation laws. These laws caused the African American, to …show more content…
As time needed to freeze, the African Americans population growth had escilated in the North, West, and the Midwest. As a number of sttes experienced decades of the African American population declining. Across the deep south known as the “black belt” where, cotton had been the king identifier. 1920, however the large percentage of the African American population, was mainly in Chicago, Detroit, New, york, Cleveland, Cinicinnati, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and any big cities in the United States. By the 1910s, African Americans was more than half of the population in South Carolina, and Mississippi. More that 40 percent was in Georgia, Alabama, and louisianna. By the 1970, Mississippi was the State that had a Representation that was above 30