The Great Migration of African Americans

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1 The Great Migration of African Americans The source's main points are that the Great Migration led to the relocation of more than 6 million Black Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest, and West, changing the distribution of the black population in these regions. The migration happened between 1916 to 1970. The book observes that migration was a significant event in the history of African American emancipation because it opened the migrants to new opportunities, political, social, and religious. In the North, despite racism, African America was able to gain a place in public affairs, create their cities in town, and champion their rights and freedoms more than it was in the South. On the other hand, Woodson (2000) offers insights into the development of the Negro Church in the U.S., arguing for the value of religion in the history of African Americans. He says,' worker in these ranks, established in New York City in 1704 a catechizing school for Negro slaves’.

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