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Great Migration (African American)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/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