Black businesses were essential to facilitating the Great Migration of African Americans out of the South between the 1910s ...
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After reconstruction, the transitional period immediately following the Civil War, a slow and steady stream of African Americans began leaving the South for the North and the West. A bigger ...
There's a Great Digital Migration happening on the platform formerly known as Twitter. The mass move has been a long time ...
CHICAGO — There’s a sense of pride for many Americans in our identity as a melting pot. But until the early part of the 20th Century, the United States was deeply segregated. That’s when ...
A new travelling exhibit showcasing the major industry and social changes birthed by the Great Migration has arrived in ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kendra D. Boyd, Rutgers University (THE CONVERSATION) Black businesses were ...