The Great Migration: 1910-1970

They would walk miles to help their families, to have a happier life, to find work, and to be free. The Great Migration was a turning point for African American history. The Great Migration was “a movement of of African Americans from rural southern United States to north, northeast, midwest, and west of the United States”(Great Migration African American). “During this time six million African Americans migrated”(The Great Migration). This took place during the twentieth century 1910-1970. The reasons The Great Migration took place are ones that we no longer have to deal with today and the impact it had is why we are the way we are today. There are many reasons for the cause of The Great Migration. One reason was the Europeans, “The Europeans were immigrating to the United States, but during WW1
Due to the immigration slowing, businesses began to have labor shortages. As a result of the labor shortages African Americans began to migrate to the north for work. Another reason for The Great Migration, was the poor conditions in the south. An example is the boll weevil, the boll weevil came and ate most all the crops in the south, during the twentieth century. “After the American Civil War, slavery ended, not having any money or land african americans became sharecroppers”(Great Migration). Sharecroppers were people who agreed to maintain a person's crops in return for food and shelter. As a result of the boll weevil eating the crops, african americans did not get the return of food and shelter and most of them lost their jobs. For this reason is why hey had to migrate north. Even though there