Great Migration (African American)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
racial segregation
economic opportunities in the North
World War I labor shortages
boll weevil infestation
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:The_Chicago_Defender
gptkb:Jacob_Lawrence
gptkb:Isabel_Wilkerson
gptkbp:endDate 1970
gptkbp:First_Great_Migration 1916–1940
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Migration (African American)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:movedTo gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkb:Western_United_States
gptkb:Northern_United_States
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Baltimore
gptkb:Chicago
gptkb:Cleveland
gptkb:Detroit
gptkb:Los_Angeles
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Oakland
gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkb:Pittsburgh
gptkb:St._Louis
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 6 million
gptkbp:participants gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:period gptkb:First_Great_Migration
gptkb:Second_Great_Migration
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
gptkb:Red_Summer
gptkb:Second_Great_Migration
gptkb:Great_Migration_(European)
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
changes in American culture
growth of Black communities in Northern cities
urbanization of African Americans
increased political activism
gptkbp:Second_Great_Migration 1941–1970
gptkbp:startDate 1916
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Great_Migration
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4