English Dictionary

Great Migration

name

(US, historical) The movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred in the 20th century.

The Great Migration was a period in US history when millions of African Americans moved from the rural South to the urban North.

意味（1）

(US, historical) The movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred in the 20th century.

The pull factors in the Great Migration included encouraging reports of good living conditions and jobs with good wages in the North and West.