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In the 1890s, the number of African Americans moving to the Northeast and the Midwest was double that of the previous decade. In 1910, it doubled again, then again in 1920. In the 1920s, more than 750,000 African Americans left the South, a greater movement of people than had occurred in the Irish potato famine of the 1840s. Immigration. . .: “
African: Moving North, Heading West” Library of Congress
How did the Great Migration during the World War I era shape cities and society?
In the 1890s, the number of African Americans moving to the Northeast and the Midwest was double that of the previous decade. In 1910, it doubled again, then again in 1920. In the 1920s, more than 750,000 African Americans left the South, a greater movement of people than had occurred in the Irish potato famine of the 1840s. Immigration. . .: “
African: Moving North, Heading West” Library of Congress
How did the Great Migration during the World War I era shape cities and society?