Great Migration | Definition, History, Map, & Years | Britannica
Jan 13, 2026 · The Great Migration Between 1916 and 1970 about six million Black Americans relocated from the South to cities in the North and West, a mass movement known as the …
Great Migration (African American) - Wikipedia
The Great Migration, sometimes known as the Great Northward Migration or the Black Migration, was the movement of five million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to …
The Great Migration (African American) - America's Great …
This page introduces resources for exploring the Great Migration, including several sets of interactive maps and tables showing where people settled and where they came from decade …
The Great Migration - Library of Congress
Direct students to analyze the maps in this set depicting the African American populations of different regions of the United States, or similar maps elsewhere in the Library’s online …
The Great Migration, 1910 to 1970 - Census.gov
Sep 13, 2012 · This graphic compares the early migration (1910-1940), sometimes referred to as the First Great Migration, and the later (1940-1970) also known as the Second Great Migration.
Map of Migration Routes Followed by African Americans During the Great ...
2 days ago · Between 1910 and 1930, more than one million African Americans moved out of the South to cities in the North, Midwest, and West. They sought economic opportunity, freedom …
Mapping the Great Migration: A Transformational Movement - Vivid Maps
Jul 17, 2016 · Explore the Great Migration through a powerful map that visualizes how millions of Black Americans moved from the South to the North and West in search of opportunity. …
Great Migration Map. The Geography of the Great Migration The Migration of African Americans from the American South (1 910-1970) Seattle San Francisco/ Oakland Los Angeles San …
African American Migration Patterns - Jacob Lawrence
These interactive maps provide a glimpse into the overall patterns of black migration in the United States between 1920 and 2010. One charts the movement of blacks from their states of origin …
Map: Migrant Streams of the Great Migration, 1910-1930
“Great Migration” by Bill of Rights Institute/Flickr, CC BY 4.0 This map shows the migrant streams of southern African Americans during the Great Migration from 1910 to 1930.