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As African Americans migrated to those cities, it attracted others to join them because there were larger groups of African Americans already there.

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5. Families are less likely to make (internal) moves. 

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5. Families are less likely to make (internal) moves. 

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This does not prove to be true because regardless if you had a family or not, all types of families moved from the south to escape prejudice.

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4. Urban residents move less then rural residents. 

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4. Urban residents move less then rural residents. 

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In the beginning this is not necessarily true because some people in the south lived in big cities and still chose to leave, but once they got to a bit city in the north or west, they tended to stay their and move less.

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3. Migrants who move long distances, tend to move to big cities. 

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3. Migrants who move long distances, tend to move to big cities. 

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Many migrants chose big cities such as Pittsburgh, Chicago, NYC, Philadelphia, LA, and Detroit, because there seemed to be more opportunities there.

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2. Majority of migrants move a short distance. 

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2. Majority of migrants move a short distance. 

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Although some migrants stopped when they found an intervening opportunity, most had the intention to move a long distance away from their homes in hope for a new life.

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Even though many African Americans thought they had no other choice but to leave, they still did it under their own free will. It was not an easy decision but they saw the benefits that could come from moving and took the opportunity to do so.

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1. Every migration generates a counter migration. 

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1. Every migration generates a counter migration. 

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In this situation a lot of people left the south but not many people came to the south. People were trying to escape the segregation not go back to it.

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Due to segregation and racism of African Americans many left the south in fear of harm and needed to find safe places for their families.

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Many African Americans planned on making it all the way to Chicago and New York City but were presented with other jobs and better lives in other places where they decided to stay instead. Some cities that people stayed in were Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Louisville.

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As people started moving to the north, midwest, and west, others started to follow which included families following each other in the same paths because it was already familiar to them.

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African Americans were drawn to cities in the other parts of the country to escape social inequality and find new opportunities they could not have in the South.

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American Experience | The Great Migration: From Mississippi to Chicago | Season 15 | PBS

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In the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of African-Americans moved North.

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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Special | 1m 44s

Learn about the Great Migration, when African-Americans left the South in large numbers for the North and West. This video is an excerpt from Episode Four, Making a Way Out of No Way, from the series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Aired: 11/12/13

Rating: NR

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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross | Classroom | The Great Migration

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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross Special | 1m 44s Learn about the Great Migration, when African-Americans left the South in large numbers for the North and West. This video is an excerpt from Episode Four, Making a Way Out of No Way, from the series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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The largest movement of African Americans from the South to cities located in the west, midwest, and the north.