The Great Migration Pronunciation: /ðə ɡreɪt maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/ (thuh GRAYT my-GRAY-shuhn) Part of Speech: Noun
Definition:
Noun. The Great Migration was the large-scale internal movement of nearly six million Black Americans from the South to urban communities in the North, Midwest, and West between about 1910 and 1970.
People moved in search of work, safety, education, family connection, and greater opportunity while escaping Jim Crow segregation, racial violence, political exclusion, and economic restriction. In Newbeings usage, it is understood as a major stage of accelerated ethnogenesis.
Example: The Great Migration helped establish and expand Black American communities in Chicago, Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, and many other cities.