Great Migration - Domestic Refugees (jan 1, 1910 – jan 1, 1970)
Description:
over 1.5 mil Black Americans are pushed away from the South to the North as a result of:> domestic terrorism (the Klan)
> the Jim Crow Laws
> Sharecropping (economic "agreements" after the 13th Amendment, basically slavery with another name)
Most common places:
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh
New York
Los Angeles
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Will life be better in the North?
= no, segregation and racism in the North, poverty in factories
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1910
jan 1, 1970
~ 60 years