Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
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The Great Migration of African Americans out of the region was a massive, decades-long movement of Black Southerners to Northern, Midwestern, and Western cities in search of better economic opportunities and escape from Jim Crow segregation and racial violence.
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Target entity: Great Migration of African Americans out of the region Context triple: [American South (19th and early 20th centuries), experiencedEvent, Great Migration of African Americans out of the region]
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Great Migration of Puritans
The Great Migration of Puritans was a large-scale movement of English Protestants to New England in the early 17th century, driven by religious and political tensions in England and resulting in the establishment of enduring Puritan communities in North America.
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American civil rights movement
The American civil rights movement was a mid-20th-century mass social and political campaign, prominently led by figures like Martin Luther King Jr., that sought to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans and secure equal rights under the law.
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Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was the period following the American Civil War when the United States attempted to reintegrate the seceded Southern states and redefine the legal and social status of formerly enslaved people.
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Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a pivotal 1955–1956 civil rights protest in Alabama in which African Americans refused to ride city buses to challenge racial segregation, helping launch the modern Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr.’s national leadership.
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Little Rock Integration Crisis
The Little Rock Integration Crisis was a 1957 confrontation in which federal troops were deployed to enforce the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, marking a pivotal moment in the U.S. civil rights movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Great Migration of African Americans out of the region Target entity description: The Great Migration of African Americans out of the region was a massive, decades-long movement of Black Southerners to Northern, Midwestern, and Western cities in search of better economic opportunities and escape from Jim Crow segregation and racial violence.
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A.
Great Migration of Puritans
The Great Migration of Puritans was a large-scale movement of English Protestants to New England in the early 17th century, driven by religious and political tensions in England and resulting in the establishment of enduring Puritan communities in North America.
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B.
American civil rights movement
The American civil rights movement was a mid-20th-century mass social and political campaign, prominently led by figures like Martin Luther King Jr., that sought to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans and secure equal rights under the law.
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C.
Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was the period following the American Civil War when the United States attempted to reintegrate the seceded Southern states and redefine the legal and social status of formerly enslaved people.
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D.
Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a pivotal 1955–1956 civil rights protest in Alabama in which African Americans refused to ride city buses to challenge racial segregation, helping launch the modern Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr.’s national leadership.
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E.
Little Rock Integration Crisis
The Little Rock Integration Crisis was a 1957 confrontation in which federal troops were deployed to enforce the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, marking a pivotal moment in the U.S. civil rights movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African-American history event
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historical event ⓘ historical event ⓘ historical event ⓘ internal migration ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
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surface form:
Great Migration
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| author | Isabel Wilkerson ⓘ |
| cause |
Jim Crow laws
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World War I industrial expansion ⓘ World War II economic mobilization ⓘ
surface form:
World War II industrial expansion
boll weevil infestation in Southern cotton fields ⓘ economic inequality in the South ⓘ labor demand in Northern industries ⓘ lynching in the United States ⓘ racial segregation in the United States ⓘ racial violence in the American South ⓘ sharecropping system ⓘ |
| destinationRegion |
Midwestern United States
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Northern United States ⓘ western United States ⓘ
surface form:
Western United States
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| documentedIn | The Warmth of Other Suns ⓘ |
| effect |
Chicago Black Renaissance
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Harlem Renaissance ⓘ changes in American labor markets ⓘ development of Black political power in Northern cities ⓘ expansion of African-American middle class ⓘ growth of Black urban communities ⓘ increased racial tensions in Northern cities ⓘ race riots in Northern cities ⓘ redlining and residential segregation in the North ⓘ transformation of American music and culture ⓘ |
| endTime |
1940
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1970 ⓘ 1970 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
First Great Migration
Great Migration of African Americans out of the region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Second Great Migration
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| historicalContext |
Jim Crow laws
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surface form:
Jim Crow era
early Civil Rights Movement ⓘ post-Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| mainParticipants |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
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| migrantsEstimated | over 6 million African Americans ⓘ |
| notableDestinationCity |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago
Cleveland ⓘ Detroit ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ New York City ⓘ Oakland ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ |
| notableOriginState |
Alabama
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Georgia ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ |
| originRegion |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
Southern United States ⓘ |
| startTime |
1910
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1910 ⓘ 1940 ⓘ |
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Subject: Great Migration of African Americans out of the region Description of subject: The Great Migration of African Americans out of the region was a massive, decades-long movement of Black Southerners to Northern, Midwestern, and Western cities in search of better economic opportunities and escape from Jim Crow segregation and racial violence.
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