Great Migration (African Americans)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:causedBy	gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws racial segregation violence against African Americans lack of economic opportunities in the South
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:Jacob_Lawrence gptkb:Isabel_Wilkerson gptkb:The_Warmth_of_Other_Suns gptkb:The_Great_Migration_series
gptkbp:endDate	1970
gptkbp:First_Great_Migration	1916–1940
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Great Migration (African Americans)
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Great_Depression gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:World_War_II mechanization of agriculture
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:Great_Migration_(Europe) gptkb:Reverse_Migration_(African_Americans)
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance changes in American culture growth of Black communities in Northern cities urbanization of African Americans
gptkbp:Second_Great_Migration	1941–1970
gptkbp:significance	influenced civil rights movement reshaped American demographics transformed American cities
gptkbp:startDate	1916
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_Twenties
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6