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The Great Migration The Great Migration was the movement of approximately 7 million African Americans out of the Rural Southern United States to the North, Midwest & West from 1916 to 1970. The Migration of African Americans from the south to the north was very successful. The Great Migration changed Chicago and other Northern cities between 1916 and 1970.

History of the Great Migration The Great Migration took place from 1916 to 1970. It was the movement of over 7 million African Americans out of the south to escape from racism. Rascism focuses on the customs of particular tribes or people. The Chicago defender was a success in telling people it would be better for blacks to migrate from the south to Chicago. As a result, thousands of migrants wrote letters to black churches, such as the Bethlehem Baptist Association in Chicago, Illinois.  The church helped the migrants adjust to their new environment.

Chicago got a little more than 500,000 African Americans out of about 7 million Blacks who had left the South in that decade. Before the Great Migration, Africans American were nearly 2 percent of Chicago's population. By 1970, they populated 33 percent. Even though migration from the South helped the Chicago community since the 1840s, Chicago offered few chances to dissatisfied black southerners until World War 1.