Great Migration
(US, historical) The movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred in the 20th century.
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(US, historical) The movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred in the 20th century.
The pull factors in the Great Migration included encouraging reports of good living conditions and jobs with good wages in the North and West.
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