Great migration of african americans south --> north (28 Feb 1940 Jahr – 6 Aug 1970 Jahr)
Beschreibung:
|REASONS| deteriorating race relations, destruction of cotton crops by the boll weevil, and job opportunities in northern factories that opened up when white workers were drafted in WWI |EFFECT|still met racial tension and discrimination in north |EXCEPTION| 1930s: great depression slowed migration |STATS| 1940-1970 = 4 million blacks migrated
Zugefügt zum Band der Zeit:
Datum:
28 Feb 1940 Jahr
6 Aug 1970 Jahr
~ 30 years