It grew out of the unmet promises made after the Civil War and, through, the sheer weight of it, helped push the country toward the civil rights revolutions of the 1960s.” (9) Reasons to Migrate It would force the South to search its soul and finally to lay aside its feudal caste system. It would transform urban America and recast the social and political order of every city it touched. “The Great Migration would become a turning point in history. But whether everyone stayed north or not was besides the point the movement was a watershed moment, if something that lasted 55 years can be called a “moment”, in American History Many migrated to The North only to return to the South for a multitude of reasons. It was a life threatening decision if discovered by white planters. Washington and Fredrick Douglas thought abandoning The South was a bad idea. It was not a universally approved idea, even in the African American community. This leaderless movement largely followed the railroads, with the final destinations being cities I expected like Chicago and New York but also surprising destinations like Milwaukee and Cleveland. None of whom could claim to have been the leader of the movement. OverviewĪn estimated six million African Americans migrated from The South to The North between 19. Today will be the Overview and Reasons to Migrate. That way you’re not reading until Pluto becomes a planet again. There was so much I wanted to cover in my review, because the book covered so much itself, that I’ve decided to use my blog instead of my GoodReads reviews.

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