14. The Great Migration: Escaping Oppression
Between 1916 and 1970, more than six million African Americans left the South in the Great Migration, seeking freedom from Jim Crow oppression and the hope of better jobs in northern and western cities. While migrants escaped the most severe Southern restrictions, they often faced new forms of segregation, housing discrimination, and racial violence in their new communities. For more on the causes and consequences of the Great Migration, visit History.com.
