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Great Migration
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Proper noun
Great Migration 1
en US historical The movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred in the 20th century.
en Sabina G. Arora The Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance 2015 Encyclopaedia Britannica https://books.google.com/books?id=vDA2CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA10&dq=%22the+Great+Migration%22&hl=&cd=63&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22the%20Great%20Migration%22&f=false 978-1-68048-047-4 10 The pull factors in the Great Migration included encouraging reports of good living conditions and jobs with good wages in the North and West.
Further reading
Great Migration (African American)