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The Great Migration: Beyond the "Promised Land"
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Between 1910 and 1970, a mass exodus of six million African Americans fundamentally reshaped the American landscape. In 1910, roughly 90 percent of the Black population lived in the South; by 1970, that figure had plummeted to 47 percent. This movement transformed a rural population into an urban nation, driven by a desperate search for a "Promised Land" that often proved as elusive as it was enticing.
Sources:
Great Migration - New Georgia Encyclopedia
The Great Migration (1910-1970) | National Archives
Great Migration | Definition, History, Map, & Years | Britannica