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Great Migration

Great Migration proper noun: the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred in the 20th century.

Proper noun

the Great Migration

  1. (US, historical) The movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred in the 20th century.
    • The pull factors in the Great Migration included encouraging reports of good living conditions and jobs with good wages in the North and West.2015, Sabina G. Arora, The Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance, Encyclopaedia Britannica, →ISBN, page 10

Questions about Great Migration

What does Great Migration mean?
Great Migration means the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred in the 20th century.
What part of speech is Great Migration?
Great Migration is a proper noun.

Words near Great Migration in the dictionary

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