The Great Migration (1900-1929)

Map of the United States with arrows noting migration corridors from the South to the Northeast, Midwest, and West.

Source: Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography, “The Great Migration, 1900–1929,” In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience website, 2005 (The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, ©NYPL)

AP African American Studies Guide

“The Great Migration, 1900–1929,” In Motion: The African-American Emigration Experience, The New York Public Library (2005)

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