Great Migration of African Americans south--> north (12h 47min, may 18, 1910 y – 20h 27min, feb 5, 1930 y)
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 migrationAdded to timeline:
Date:
12h 47min, may 18, 1910 y
20h 27min, feb 5, 1930 y
~ 19 years