The Great American Migration

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:The_Great_Migration
gptkbp:cause	gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws racial violence economic opportunities in the North
gptkbp:countryOfCitizenship	gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:effect	growth of Black communities in Northern cities urbanization of African Americans cultural impact on music, art, and literature
gptkbp:endDate	1970
gptkbp:estimatedMigrants	over 6 million
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	reshaped American demographics and culture
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Chicago gptkb:Detroit gptkb:Los_Angeles gptkb:New_York_City gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Langston_Hughes gptkb:Richard_Wright gptkb:Jacob_Lawrence
gptkbp:participants	gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:refersTo	movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North in the United States
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
gptkbp:startDate	1916
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lou_Dobbs
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Great American Migration