Great Migration (jan 1, 1910 – jan 1, 1930)

Description:

• Approx. 6,000,000 people
• Dramatic population % shift in North
• Rural to urban migration
PUSH FACTORS
– Jim Crow segregation
– Disenfranchisement
– Growing violence
• 100 lynchings a year (1890-1900)
– Declining agricultural opportunities
PULL FACTORS
– Industrial growth
– Context: restrictive immigration (immigrant workforce no longer coming in – need workers)
– Recruitment Drives go to South to recruit African-Americans to work at Northern factories
• Nationalizes black population
• Transforms culture of the North


RELIGION
Urbanization organizes African-American culture (ex: the Black Church)

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