Great migration of african americans south --> north (28 févr. 1940 – 6 août 1970)
Description:
|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 migratedAjouté au bande de temps:
Date:
28 févr. 1940
6 août 1970
~ 30 years
