During the Great Migration, Black Americans migrated to innovation centers such as Detroit, Chicago, and Silicon Valley in search of economic opportunities, building wealth and changing lives.
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The Black Reverse Migration and the Future of the South
Black Americans are returning to the South in the New Great Migration, seeking opportunities, family, and culture, and reshaping the region with their political power and cultural legacy.
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A Visit to Money, MS, the Place that Claimed Emmett Till’s Life, and the Deep South’s Stronghold on Folks Still There
The Great Migration saw six million Black Americans migrate from the Jim Crow south to the north, east and west in search of better economic and educational opportunities, but they faced new challenges in the new land.