Great Migration (20th century)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Migration_(20th_century)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Great_Northward_Migration Black Migration
gptkbp:category	African-American history internal migration in the United States
gptkbp:cause	gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws racial segregation economic opportunities industrial jobs
gptkbp:culturalSignificance	civil rights activism growth of Black churches rise of Black political power in the North spread of jazz
gptkbp:demographics	decline of Black population in the South increase of Black population in the North
gptkbp:destination	gptkb:Midwestern_United_States gptkb:Western_United_States gptkb:Northern_United_States
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:Jacob_Lawrence's_Migration_Series gptkb:The_Warmth_of_Other_Suns_(book) gptkb:Chicago_Defender_(newspaper)
gptkbp:effect	gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance cultural impact growth of Black communities in Northern cities urbanization of African Americans
gptkbp:endDate	1970
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Great Migration (20th century)
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:murder racial violence boll weevil infestation mechanization of agriculture labor shortages in the North
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:migrants	gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:notableCity	gptkb:Baltimore gptkb:Chicago gptkb:Cleveland gptkb:Detroit gptkb:Los_Angeles gptkb:New_York_City gptkb:Philadelphia gptkb:St._Louis gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees	over 6 million
gptkbp:origin	gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Great_Migration_(African_American) gptkb:Second_Great_Migration
gptkbp:startDate	1916
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mexican_American
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5